Parish Church Of St Andrew

OXHILL ROAD 1. 5104 Handsworth B21 Parish Church of St Andrew SP 09 SW 2/15 I 2. 1907-9 by W H Bidlake. Red and blue brick with stone dressings; slate roof with fleche over the crossing. West front with a big 5-light window in a Decorated style above the sloping roof of what inside is seen to be the baptistry and flanked by tall buttresses with 2 setoffs and crowned by gablets. The baptistry is marked by a small 2-light window between buttresses panelled in their upper parts. Left and right small porches. Nave with low passage-aisles whose arcade is set within the tall arches that embrace the tall 4-light nave windows above. North and south transepts of 2 bays, each divided by a central pier with transverse arches. Chancel with arcading that leads north to the good Shepherd Chapel and south to the vestry with organ-loft above. The original altar (now in the south transept) has a carved reredos with frescoes by F N Davies. Excellent wooden pulpit and choir stalls.

Listing NGR: SP0442390694