by carved arcading and patterned wall tiles. The stained glass in the east window is by Clayton and Bell and depicts the Crucifixion. In the Lady Chapel the glass in its east window was designed by William Morris and depicts musicians in the form of angels. The glass in the rose window was designed by Edward Burne-Jones, and other windows were made by Morris & Co. The first pipe organ in the church was made by T. C. Lewis and Company in 1873. This was superseded in 1934 by an organ made by C. H. Walker. The organ has since been increased in size; it has two manuals and 26 stops. Appraisal On 28 January 1971 the church was designated as a Grade II listed building. Grade II is the lowest of the three grades of listing, and is applied to buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest". In the Buildings of England series, the architectural historians Pollard and Pevsner describe the church as "an earnest work of architecture with nothing done just to please". Present day St Nicholas is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Huyton, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool, and its style of worship is Evangelical. The church holds regular services on Sundays, organises other events, and arranges baptisms, weddings and funerals. See also Listed buildings in Whiston, Merseyside References Church of England church buildings in Merseyside Grade II listed churches in Merseyside Churches completed in 1868 19th-century Church of England church buildings Gothic Revival church buildings in England Gothic Revival architecture in Merseyside Anglican Diocese of Liverpool