Church Of St Gregory The Great

The Church of St Gregory the Great is an Anglican church located on Coventry Road in Small Heath, Birmingham. It was designed by J.L. Ball and constructed between 1911 and 1912, with further work completed in association with H.W. Hobbiss from 1926 to 1928. The church is built from red brick, primarily in English garden wall bond, and features stone and tile dressings. It has a clay Roman tile roof with gabled ends and corbelled brick eaves.

The church has a basilican plan consisting of seven bays, with an apse at the liturgical east end and a gallery at the west end. The apse and the three eastern bays of the nave were completed in the initial construction phase, while the west end was finished later. The architectural style is influenced by Arts and Crafts and Byzantine elements.

On the exterior, the aisles are adorned with blind arcading featuring tile and stone tympanii, while the clerestorey has round-headed windows set in stone frames. The semi-circular apse is supported by flat pilaster buttresses and has a stone frieze with a brick zigzag pattern, along with a blind arcaded clerestorey that includes stone colonnettes and a stone and tile chequer pattern. The east gable features similar stepped arcading, and the west gable has a circular window and a Crucifix above it. There are also two small bellcotes over the east gable, each with a Roman tile roof.

Inside, the church has 6-bay arcades supported by tall grey Cornish granite piers. The two piers at the east end of the south side have Composite capitals, while the others have unfinished cushion-shaped capitals. The round arcade arches and the apse arch are plastered and flanked by small niches. A timber gallery at the west end is supported by thin tapered posts with cushion capitals. The ceiling is moulded plaster with a coffered design, and there is painted decoration on the aisle tie-beams, along with a painted rood.