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

• Church of St Oswald at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17533941

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)