Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
floating-pillar-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Selly Oak MP: Al Carns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Mary, Bristol Road B29
OS grid reference
SP 037 822
Coordinates
52.43803, -1.94571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary, located on Bristol Road in Selly Oak, was built in 1861 by E. Holmes. This solid Victorian church features a simple decorated style, highlighted by a banded effect created with two tones of sandstone. It has low aisles, buttressed transepts, and a clerestory. The steep nave roof is adorned with bands of tiles in two tones, and there is a lower chancel. A prominent broached spire crowns the northwest tower. The clerestory lights consist of groups of three quatrefoils set in panels. Inside, the stonework continues the striped effect, and the arcade appears rather squat, with the clerestory lights positioned under segmental arches.

Local climate

Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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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