Second Church of Christ Scientist is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1980. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Second Church of Christ Scientist
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-string-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1980
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Second Church of Christ Scientist, Broad Street B1, B1 2HJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 060 865
- Coordinates
- 52.47717, -1.91223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Second Church of Christ Scientist, located at 55 Broad Street, was built between 1848 and 1849 by J.R. Botham of Birmingham. Originally serving as a Presbyterian church, it is constructed of blue brick with stone dressings. The building features a two-storey box layout with three bays across and nine bays deep, topped by a tower that consists of three stages. The first stage is square with banded rustication, the second stage is also square and includes bell-openings facing the main directions, with Tuscan columns at the corners. The third stage is octagonal, featuring a bold bracketed cornice and a small domed cap.
The west front has an advanced central bay that contains a door adorned with bold volutes, a cornice, and a lunette. Each of the outer bays has a subsidiary entrance and an arched window. On the sides of the building, there are blank windows at ground floor level and arched windows at first floor level. All first floor windows are designed with panels below, creating a broad band effect. The interior of the church has been completely altered.
Local climate
Second Church of Christ Scientist receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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