Bishop Latimer Memorial Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1970. Church. 4 related planning applications.
Bishop Latimer Memorial Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- winter-corridor-scarlet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1970
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Bishop Latimer Memorial Church of All Saints, Handsworth New Road B18, B18 4PT
- OS grid reference
- SP 041 887
- Coordinates
- 52.49704, -1.93979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop Latimer Memorial Church of All Saints, built between 1903 and 1904, was designed by architect W H Bidlake. This large church resembles the East Anglian Perpendicular wool churches and showcases Bidlake's meticulous attention to detail through its high-quality use of stone and brick. The exterior features pale red brick with stone dressings and intricately handled perpendicular tracery. It includes aisles, a lofty clerestory above the nave, a crossing, and an impressive north-west tower with a pierced parapet.
Inside, the church utilizes buff brick alongside stonework for the arcades, creating a monochrome effect. However, fresco work over the southeast arch of the south arcade suggests plans for a more extensive decorative scheme. The interior features a six-bay lofty arcade with clustered piers and a unique clerestory design, where the two-light windows are slightly cantilevered, supported by a free-standing central shaft. The apsidal chancel has a brick-infilled lierne vault. In the west end's south corner, there is an immersion font with a simple wrought iron ground rail. The nave is topped with a waggon roof that includes alternate hammer beam trusses.
Local climate
Bishop Latimer Memorial Church of All Saints 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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