Description

ST OSWALD'S ROAD
1.
Small Heath B10
5104
Church of St Oswald
SP 18 NW 8/15 21.1.70
II*
2.
Begun in 1892, the west front added in 1899. By W H Bidlake, Architect.
A fine red brick, stone dressed church with lofty clerestoreyed nave, 4 shallow
aisles, transepts and chancel with flat east end. Steep tiled roofs. Bellcot
behind west gables. West front is principal feature with flat 2-centred arch
west window in a Decorated style, with blind tracery panels flanking head
and below sill, the whole framed by corner buttresses gabled and capped by
octagonal stone spired pinnacles flanking the stone main gable with canopied
nichetor saint and cross finial. The ground floor level is blind apart from
2 lancets and the west doors are set in cross wings under 2 centred arches
of 3 shafted orders. Four bay nave arcade. Large, elaborated wooden altarpiece
incorporating a painting of the Crucifixion by S Meteyard, 1916.

Listing NGR: SP1016985610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Oswald at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17533941

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version