A CHURCH at the centre of a controversial sharing deal following the closure of Ss Peter and Paul church in New Brighton, is up for sale.

Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect who conceived Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, All Saints Church in Hoseside Road, Wallasey has a guide price of £250,000.

Among the options being considered for the building are use by faith groups, community use and commercial development.

All Saints was involved in a sharing arrangement between Anglican and Catholic dioceses when the iconic Ss Peter and Paul's church – known by sailors as the "Dome of Home" - was closed down.

After that agreement was scrapped the Catholic Shrewsbury Diocese issued a decree to merge the parishes of SS Peter and Paul and English Martyrs in Wallasey Village earlier this year.

It resulted in service resuming in the day chapel of Ss Peter and Paul in March; but All Saints Church was unable to continue.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Chester said: "We will be looking for a buyer who will put the building to a suitable use which does not conflict with Church of England values."

Chester-based agent Denton Clark said informal discussions with Wirral Council planers indicated that a variety of proposals were likely to be favourably received.