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Hanging canopy, St. Monica’s Church, Bootle

F.X. Velarde: Forgotten & Found

Many of the architects of the “other modern” in architecture were forgotten or at least neglected once the craft moved in a more avant-garde direction.

The British Expressionist architect F.X. Velarde who produced a number of Catholic churches in and around Liverpool in the interwar period and beyond is the subject of a new book from Dominic Wilkinson and Andrew Crompton.

There will be a free online lecture tomorrow on ‘The Churches of F. X. Velarde’ given by Mr Wilkinson, Principal Lecturer in Architecture Liverpool John Moores University. Further details are available here.

The book is available from Liverpool University Press with a 25% discount through the Twentieth Century Society.


South aisle, Holy Cross Church, Bidston


Mosaic, Holy Cross Church, Bidston


English Martyrs Church, Wallasey c. 1953


Survey of St. Monica’s Church, Bootle


Sculpture at English Martyrs Church, Wallasey


The nave, Holy Cross Church, Bidston


South aisle, St. Monica’s Church, Bootle


Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackpool


Sanctuary, English Martyrs Church, Wallasey

All pictures: Historic England

Published at 2:30 pm on Wednesday 14 October 2020. Categories: Architecture Errant Thoughts Great Britain Tags: , , , .
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