Church of St Alban is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Church.
Church of St Alban
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-tower-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1972
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Alban, Bond Street, City of Nottingham
- OS grid reference
- SK 581 399
- Coordinates
- 52.9536, -1.13571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Alban is a Gothic Revival style church and associated parish rooms and railings, built between 1886 and 1887 to a design by GF Bodley, with a Lady Chapel added in 1898 and parish rooms constructed around 1900. The church is built of red brick with ashlar dressings, some of which are painted, and has slate roofs. The main structure comprises a seven-bay nave and chancel under a continuous roof, with north and south aisles and a Lady Chapel to the south.
The exterior features a plinth, polychrome bands, coped gables, and plain parapets to the aisles. Pointed arched windows with Decorated tracery are a prominent feature. The east end has a five-light window flanked by three-light aisle windows, while the west end incorporates a similar four-light window. The south side displays four windows, each with three lights, separated by gabled buttresses. A gabled bell turret sits on the parapet to the east of the south porch, which itself has a pointed arched doorway and polychrome gable. The north side features five windows and a projecting west bay intended for an uncompleted tower; a single lancet window is positioned above the doorway. The Lady Chapel is a single-story structure with flat-headed windows, stone surrounds, and mullions. Wrought-iron railings and a gate enclose the south porch.
Inside, the church has a pointed arched wooden barrel vault with moulded ribs. The nave and chancel share arcades featuring moulded arches and quatrefoil piers. The chancel has traceried wooden screen with a crest and cross. Additional features include a segment-arched recess to the south-east, a pointed arched recess with shafts at the east end, and arch braced lean-to roofs in the aisles. The north aisle includes a doorway and a stone staircase with a blind-arcaded screen. The south aisle has a central stained glass window from the mid-20th century. The east chapels contain stained glass windows from the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the south chapel incorporates a piscina and doorways into the Lady Chapel. Fittings include a carved and painted octagonal font, a panelled wooden pulpit, a stoup, a collecting box on stems, and various memorial items like a wooden war memorial panel dating to around 1920.
Local climate
Church of St Alban sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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