Cradley Heath Baptist Church

SANDWELL MB CORNGREAVES ROAD SO 98 NW Cradley Heath 7/68 Cradley Heath Baptist Church

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Baptist church. 1904 (foundation stone). Red brick with terra cotta dressings and bands. West facade has 5-light window with segmental head and free Perpendicular tracery under a gable with urn finials. The apex termination is in the form of a corbelled niche with broken pediment. At a lower level are four round-headed windows. To left and right are door- ways with pediments rising from a cornice which continues across the main west window. Set back behind the left hand doorway is a turret with a pyramid roof. Set back at the right is a tower with slated spire and elaborate bell stage. To the north and south the bell openings are framed by rusticated Doric columns with balustrade and pediment. The nave has windows of three round-headed lights with free Perpendicular tracery: two to the north and three to the south. Interior: not accessible at time of survey, but appeared to have west gallery with curved front, a chancel arch, and an apsidal east end.

Listing NGR: SO9471786093