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Methodist Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Harborne, Birmingham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.475 / 52°28'30"N

Longitude: -1.9655 / 1°57'55"W

OS Eastings: 402441

OS Northings: 286346

OS Grid: SP024863

Mapcode National: GBR 5JB.WN

Mapcode Global: VH9Z1.W19Y

Plus Code: 9C4WF2GM+2R

Entry Name: Methodist Church

Listing Date: 29 June 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1234510

English Heritage Legacy ID: 410470

ID on this website: 101234510

Location: Bearwood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17

County: Birmingham

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Birmingham

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Edgbaston St Germain

Church of England Diocese: Birmingham

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Description


The following building shall be added to the list;

BIRMINGHAM SANDON ROAD
SP 08 NW
Bearwood
6/10074 Methodist Church
II
Methodist Church. 1896-1900; by Joseph Lancaster Ball; built by John Barnsley and Sons. Red
brick with freestone dressings. Slate and lead-clad roofs, nave and chancel roof replaced with
concrete tiles. PLAN: Aligned on north-south axis. Nave and chancel in one, two aisles, small
'N.W.' tower and porch, 'N' vestry and gallery at 'W' end of nave. Gothic Freestyle.
EXTERIOR: Red brick with bands of stone. Lancet clerestory windows set into a blind
arcades with pilasters, bands of stone in the spandrels and a large domestic-character 5-light
chancel window. Small 'N.W.' tower with stone bands, frieze of checkerwork and a tall
arcaded stone bell-stage with a short lead-clad spire. At base of tower, to left, gabled porch and
to left of that a flat-roofed vestry. 'West' gable-end has tall 2-light window and flanking stone
buttresses. Large 6-light 'E' window with Geometric tracery. INTERIOR: Brick walls with
stone dressings. 4-bay arcades with blind arcaded clerestory above. Plastered chancel with stone
dressings; large 6-light east window with integral traceried reredos, the whole flamed in the
'east' end wall with cusped panels to the sides of the window. Stained-glass in 'E' window is a
1919 memorial and the other stained-glass is of circa 1930. Furnishings intact, including:-
gallery at 'west' end, benches, choir-stalls, pulpit and organ; original roofs.

Listing NGR: SP0244186346

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