Church Of St Martin And Attached Cloister And Vicarage

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO99NW DIXON STREET 895-1/5/65 (South side) Church of St Martin and attached cloister and Vicarage

II

Church, cloister and vicarage. 1938-9. By Lavender and Twentyman. Brick with pantile roofs. 2-bay chancel with north vestry and south chapel; 6-bay nave with low aisles. Plain coped gables and parapets; narrow round-headed lights. Chancel has narrower and lower east bay with raised-brick cross to east; returns have triple east and paired west lights; aisles have 4-light chamfered-brick-mullioned windows and round-headed entrances to east; clerestory has paired lights; west front has round-headed entrance with splayed reveals and stepped arch, diagonally boarded paired doors; statue of St Martin with broken sword by Donald Potter above; 4 louvred bell openings, with single ones to returns; aisles break forward with small windows; entrance under arcading to north west. INTERIOR: plain round sanctuary arch and panelled ceiling; square-headed sedilia and piscina to south; tall east recess with canopy and curtain; nave and choir have ceiling on plain beams; choir has 3-bay square-headed openings to north and south with rounded piers; nave has plain round-arched arcades and tall tower arch with panelled infill with paired doors and grille above. Sanctuary has walnut joinery (oak elsewhere): altar with square panels and altar rail with castellated supports; stalls have plain fronts; square-panelled pulpit with Agnus Dei; chapel has square-panelled sanctuary; altar and rails; nave has timber lamp brackets each with 3 hanging lamps. Cloister to south west has 3-bay round arcades and plain parapets; iron gates to rear. Vicarage: right-angle plan, short wing to north; 2 storeys; hipped roof and brick cross-axial stacks and windows with casements; entrances to return of north wing and to cloister. A good example of a mid C20 church which groups well with contemporary vicarage and conecting cloister. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: P.322; Incorporated Church Building Society: Fifty Modern Churches: London: 1947-: P.28-31).

Listing NGR: SO9223496821