Church of St Martin and Attached Cloister and Vicarage
CHURCH OF ST MARTIN AND ATTACHED CLOISTER AND VICARAGE, DIXON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282500
- Date first listed:
- 31-Mar-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Martin and Attached Cloister and Vicarage
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARTIN AND ATTACHED CLOISTER AND VICARAGE, DIXON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282500
- Date first listed:
- 31-Mar-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Martin and Attached Cloister and Vicarage
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARTIN AND ATTACHED CLOISTER AND VICARAGE, DIXON STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARTIN AND ATTACHED CLOISTER AND VICARAGE, DIXON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Wolverhampton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 92234 96821
Details
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO99NW DIXON STREET 895-1/5/65 (South side) Church of St Martin and attached cloister and Vicarage
II
Church, cloister and vicarage. 1938-9. By Lavender and Twentyman. Brick with pantile roofs. 2-bay chancel with north vestry and south chapel; 6-bay nave with low aisles. Plain coped gables and parapets; narrow round-headed lights. Chancel has narrower and lower east bay with raised-brick cross to east; returns have triple east and paired west lights; aisles have 4-light chamfered-brick-mullioned windows and round-headed entrances to east; clerestory has paired lights; west front has round-headed entrance with splayed reveals and stepped arch, diagonally boarded paired doors; statue of St Martin with broken sword by Donald Potter above; 4 louvred bell openings, with single ones to returns; aisles break forward with small windows; entrance under arcading to north west. INTERIOR: plain round sanctuary arch and panelled ceiling; square-headed sedilia and piscina to south; tall east recess with canopy and curtain; nave and choir have ceiling on plain beams; choir has 3-bay square-headed openings to north and south with rounded piers; nave has plain round-arched arcades and tall tower arch with panelled infill with paired doors and grille above. Sanctuary has walnut joinery (oak elsewhere): altar with square panels and altar rail with castellated supports; stalls have plain fronts; square-panelled pulpit with Agnus Dei; chapel has square-panelled sanctuary; altar and rails; nave has timber lamp brackets each with 3 hanging lamps. Cloister to south west has 3-bay round arcades and plain parapets; iron gates to rear. Vicarage: right-angle plan, short wing to north; 2 storeys; hipped roof and brick cross-axial stacks and windows with casements; entrances to return of north wing and to cloister. A good example of a mid C20 church which groups well with contemporary vicarage and conecting cloister. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: P.322; Incorporated Church Building Society: Fifty Modern Churches: London: 1947-: P.28-31).
Listing NGR: SO9223496821
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 378399
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Incorporated Church Building Society, , Fifty Modern Churches, (1947), 28 31
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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