1886 – St James Church, Bootle, Liverpool
The foundation stone for the St. James church was laid on the 20 July 1884,
The foundation stone for the St. James church was laid on the 20 July 1884,
James Brooks’ design for Liverpool Cathedral, which was submitted in competition with William Emerson’s & Bodley &
Published in The Building News, July 1st 1887.
Published in The Building News August 27th 1886. The population of Woolton village grew steadily in the 19th century and the previous church,
Architects:
Designed by Richard Norman Shaw with J. Francis Doyle, it was built for the Ismay,
Probably one of the finest post office buildings in the UK, reminiscent of a French chateau.
The Liverpool Royal Institution was a learned society set up in 1814 for “the Promotion of Literature,
Still in use as a bank, now a branch of NatWest. The upper floors remain largely as designed by Shaw,