 Brandwood et al identify two other , potentially incompatible , stylistic changes in the firm 's designs during this period . The first is what they describe as " a greater muscularity ... at times accompanied by continental overtones " . Examples are in the restoration of the tower of St Peter , <unk> , ( 1868 – 70 ) and in the new church of St Mary , Walton , Cumbria ( 1869 – 70 ) . The other stylistic factor was the use of " gentler , less ornate " motifs taken from the Aesthetic Movement , or motifs that could " pass muster as proto @-@ Arts & Crafts work " . Features " verging on Art Nouveau " are present in window tracery in All Saints , St Helens , and on the gate @-@ piers outside St George , <unk> . What became a " favourite feature " for Austin and Paley were carved inscriptions , usually black , sometimes in Latin and sometimes in English ; examples can be in St John , <unk> , and Christ Church , Waterloo ( both in Merseyside ) . 
