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'''St. Mary of the Angels''' is a former [[Roman Catholic]] church in [[Everton, Liverpool]], built in 1907. It has a magnificent altar of marble, imported to bring Rome to Liverpool. {{Clarify|date=June 2010}} The building of the church was funded by [[Amy Elizabeth Imrie]], a Catholic convert and nun, who became an abbess of the [[Order of Poor Clares|Poor Clare Sisters]]. She was the heiress to the [[White Star Line]] shipping fortune when her uncle, William Imrie, died in 1906.

The church is a Grade II [[Listed Building]]; its interiors are also listed. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool]] shut the church in Fox Street in 2001 and has stated that the church will never be reopened. The Archdiocese was prevented by [[Liverpool City Council]] in 2002 from stripping the church's [[Italy|Italian]] [[High Renaissance]]-style interior fixtures and fittings.<ref name="Echo">{{cite news |date=14 August 2002 |title=Battle to save artefacts |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/battle-to-save-artefacts-3557370 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521192227/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/battle-to-save-artefacts-3557370 |archive-date=2025-05-21 |accessdate=14 November 2020 |work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>

The Church was rented out to the [[Whitechapel Centre]] (a charity supporting the homeless in Liverpool) until 2005 and since 2006 has become a rehearsal space for the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] orchestra, which rebranded the building as "The Friary". It is not accessible to the public.

==External links==
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* [http://www.scottiepress.org.uk/projects/smota.htm Information on church regeneration project]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3797781.stm BBC news article about campaign to save St Mary's]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/churches/angtn.htm Thumbnail pictures]
* [http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/maypics/maryoftheangelsL3.jpg Picture of the church's exterior]

==References==
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[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool|Church of St Mary of the Angels]]
[[Category:Grade II listed churches in Merseyside|Liverpool, Church of St Mary of the Angels]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Liverpool]]


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