St Mary's Church, West Derby, Liverpool

St Mary's Church, West Derby
St Mary's Church, West Derby, from the southwest
St Mary's Church, West Derby Location in Merseyside
53°26′00″N 2°54′31″W / 53.4334°N 2.9086°W / 53.4334; -2.9086
OS grid reference	SJ 397 934
Location	West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Liberal Catholic
Website	St Mary, West Derby
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	12 July 1966
Architect(s)	George Gilbert Scott
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival (Geometric)
Groundbreaking	1853
Completed	1856
Specifications
Other dimensions	Tower height over 160 feet (49 m) Nave 72 feet (22 m) by 55 feet (17 m) Chancel 41 feet (12 m) by 25 feet (8 m)
Materials	Sandstone, slate roofs
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Liverpool
Archdeaconry	Liverpool
Deanery	West Derby
Parish	St Mary, West Derby
Clergy
Rector	Revd Stephen Boyd, Dip H.E., B.Th. (Oxon)
Priest(s)	Revd Jenny Bowen B.Sc.
Assistant priest(s)	Revd Robert Williams, Revd Barbara Smith
Laity
Reader(s)	Kathy Yates, B.Ed.
Director of music	Kevin Mulcahy, B.Sc. Assistant Director of Music Katherine Wikeley, M.T.L.
Organ scholar	Helen Lunn B.A. (Hons) (John Pilling Organ Scholar)

St Mary's Church is in West Derby, a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of West Derby, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with that of St James, West Derby.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.^[2]