St Sylvester's Church, Vauxhall

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St Sylvester's Church, Vauxhall is a Roman Catholic church in Liverpool, England. It is in Silvester Street in the Vauxhall area of the city. It is no longer in use.

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It is a Gothic revival church designed by Pugin & Pugin. It was built in 1888–89 using red brick from Ruabon, Wales. [1]

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  1. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). Lancashire. The Buildings of England. 1 The Urban South. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 203.

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