From "A Picture of Liverpool" published 1834
This church was erected by government at an expense of 20,000 pounds, and by an act of parliament is vested in the corporation. It is built in the Gothic style of architecture, and is lighted by six handsome lofty windows on each side, the heads of which are ornamented with tracery, and two neatly carved corbel heads support each arch. Buttresses, bearing a canopy and richly carved pinnacle, rise between these windows, and the height from the ground to the top of the pinnacles is 57 feet,and to the top of the embrasure is 42 feet. The steeple stands at the west end, and consists of a square tower, adorned at each angle with octagonal turrets, and pinnacles similarly decorated to those on the body of the church. From the tower springs a well proportioned octagonal spire, crowned with a cap and final. The entire height of the steeple is 22 feet. The extreme length of the church from east to west is 142 feet, and the width is 75 feet. The ceiling over the communion is groined, and the front of the chancel is embellished with a special Gothic arch. The galleries rest on iron columns having ornamented caps, which support twelve arches and separate the two aisles from the nave. A powerful and fine toned organ, erected by BEWSHER and FLEETWOOD of this town, occupies the west end. The entrance to the galleries is by two neat stone staircases in the tower. There are more than 2000 sittings, of which 1300 are free. The church is situate in Oxford street North, and the grounds on which it stands was given by Edward HOUGHTON Esq. Ten thousand square yards of land, lying to the west of this edifice, and extending to Vauxhall-road, have been purchased from this gentleman by the parish, for the purpose of a public cemetery, and the whole is now enclosed by a high stone wall