St Patrick's Roman Catholic Chapel Park Place Toxteth Liverpool L8 5RA This large Neoclassical chapel stands officially on Park Place/ and was built between 1821 and 1827 to designs by John Slater. It is a 'rather severe brick building', according to Buildings of Liverpool. James Picton ridiculed the chapel for the two 'absurd' stone porticoes of Doric columns, but nobody listened for they are there still. The statue of St Patrick on the front originally came from the St Patrick Insurance Company in Dublin, and was presented to the church when the company was wound up. For all its severity and absurdity, St Patrick's has become a famous and much loved Park Road landmark. There were two small chapels between St Patrick's and Warwick Street. Park Place Chapel was built on Park Road in 1833 by a strong and active congregation of New Connexion Methodists who later founded a chapel on Stanley Road. The small Hyslop Street Chapel behind Park Place was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in the mid- nineteenth century. It was later extended and used by a number of Presbyterian congregations, either as a chapel, or as a mission hall. The site of both chapels is now occupied by new housing. The above description comes from 'The Churches of Liverpool' by David Lewis Published by The Bluecoat Press ISBN 1 872568 76 9 © 2001 David Lewis (This book also has many fine photographs of Liverpool churches) Reproduced with the permission of: Colin Wilkinson of The Bluecoat Press Bluecoat Chambers School Lane Liverpool L1 3BX ***** Extracts from Archdiocese of Liverpool Directories: Baptism Registers started in 1827 Marriage Registers started in 1827 Built: 1820/1:1827 Architect: J. Slater ***** Early registers have been deposited at the Liverpool Record Office Record Office ref.: 282 PAT Registers: Bap. 1827 - 1906 * Mat. 1827 - 1913 * Def. 1827 - 1841 Conf. 1849 - 1854 Others 1820 - 1906 Printed index to baptisms: 1850 - 1906 Microfilm: Registers 1906 - 1941 Churchyard Inscriptions: Gibson, Vol.9 pp 463 -497 ***** Information online: Marriages at St Patrick's, 1827 - 1913 ***** * ORIGINAL REGISTERS NOT AVAILABLE IF MICROFILM COPY ARE HELD BY THE RECORD OFFICE. MANY REGISTERS WERE MICROFILMED IN THE 1940'S AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST LOSS DUE TO ENEMY BOMBING. THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THESE COPIES IS NOT GREAT.
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