Saint Philip Neri Church

There is also a large stone inscribed in Latin set in the wall bearing the name of Thomas (Whiteside), Archbishop of Liverpool 8 Oct 1916 which dates from the time the church was constructed.

The parish grew from the school named 'The Institute' which opened in 1853 in nearby Hope Street.

It was visited by the founder of the English Oratorians (Cardinal) John Henry Newman of The Oratory of St Philip Neri in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Parish registers of the church dating as far back as 1864 can be inspected at the Liverpool Record Office.

The church, which is a Grade II* listed building, recently received a grant of £72,000 to help remedy water ingress damage to its mosaic tiling.