Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch

Holy Cross Church is in Woodchurch, an area of Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

[3] However, the circular style graveyard suggests a pre-Norman date, possible Saxon or Romano-British.

The roofs are of slate with copper covering the latest additions to the church.

At the northwest and southwest corners of the tower are massive stepped buttresses.

In the porch is a shallow piscina[2] and grooves said to be caused by the sharpening of arrows.

[7] On the north wall of the chancel are three 17th-century wooden epitaph panels containing the coats of arms of local people painted by Randle Holme.

[8] The wooden carved bench ends in the chancel date from the 15th century.

[8] On the west wall of the south aisle are the remnants of a Jesse window by Kempe which was damaged by a bomb in 1941 and restored in 1945.

[3] The octagonal font dates from the late 15th century and includes carvings of angels and scenes from the Passion.

[6] The rood screen, designed by Bernard A. Miller and carved by Alan Durst, was added in 1934.

A processional cross dated 1937 was carved in ivory by Alan Durst.

[citation needed] It is an electronic extension organ, with 2 manuals and a concave radiating pedal board.

Octave Tromba, 4', RH Box Great Compass: Low C- C4 (61 keys) 11.

Fifteenth, 2', LH Box Pedal Compass: Low C- C1 (30 keys) 20.