Comment Inspired designs and divine lines
spaces, intriguing angles, and windows that face each other across niches while others track around corners.
As you walk around the building, look up and notice how the roof line is cut to replicate the features below.
The building is open daily and vibrant with activity.
The entrance from Queensway invites you in with a view across the interior of the building to the far side, giving it a sense of light and airiness that contrasts with the dark brick of the exterior, and offering a gateway to the city centre.
Go into the church space itself, an octagon with alternate short and long sides.
Several features are particularly noteworthy – the beautiful wooden doors, the brass font, the stainedglass windows and the extraordinarily sculptural organ.
The design of these buildings clearly reflects the values and philosophy of the 1960s and is still relevant in the community today.
Exploring the religious buildings of the period, we found 17, of which five have been statutorily listed, and five have been locally listed.
The Church of St Thomas More in Sheldon, and Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Tile Cross,
There appears no clear reason why some of these buildings are locally listed and others not