Church Of The Holy Family, Blackbird Leys - Oxford

Innovative church designed by Colin Shewring 1964-5, with a timber hyperbolic paraboloid roof designed by the engineer Hugh Tottenham. It comprises a spacious heart-shaped worship space with sacristy, small square campanile, narthex and toilets. The timber boarded roof was originally covered in aluminium sheet which was later replaced with a membrane: this now leaks leading to localised failure of the main roof structure. There are proposals to demolish the church and re-develop the site.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

Church Of The Holy Family, Blackbird Leys

Heritage Category:

Listed Building grade II

List Entry Number:

1464513

Local Planning Authority:

Oxford

Site Type:

Religious ritual and funerary > Church

Location

Building Name:

Church Of The Holy Family

Street Name:

Blackbird Leys

County:

Oxfordshire

District / Borough:

Oxford

Parliamentary Constituency:

Oxford East

Region:

London and South East

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Place of worship

Condition:

Very bad

Priority:

A - Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed

Previous Priority:

A

Ownership:

Religious organisation

Designation:

Listed Place of Worship grade II