Roman Catholic Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1949. Church.
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley MP: Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1949
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Station Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 149 795
- Coordinates
- 52.41389, -1.78115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury was begun in April 1838 and designed by architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. It is built in the Perpendicular style using red brick with stone dressings. The church features a nave with a small bell turret and a west gallery. Inside, it contains a 16th-century Flemish triptych. In 1878, a west porch was added and the chancel was rebuilt according to designs by Charles Hansom.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Augustine of Canterbury 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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