St Benedict's Church, Bordesley
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| St Benedict's Church, Bordesley | |
|---|---|
 Apsidal east end of St Benedict's church, seen from the north | |
  St Benedict's Church, Bordesley Location in the West Midlands | |
| 52°28′28″N 1°50′26″W / 52.4745°N 1.8405°W | |
| Location | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Benedict of Nursia |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Designated | 8 July 1982 |
| Architect(s) | Nicol and Nicol |
| Style | Byzantine Revival |
| Completed | 1909 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | red brick with sandstone dressings |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Aston |
| Deanery | Yardley and Bordesley |
St Benedict's Church, Bordesley is a Church of England parish church in Hob Moor Road, Bordesley, West Midlands, England,[1] about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Birmingham city centre. It is an early 20th-century church in Byzantine Revival style[2] and is Grade II listed.
St Oswald's Church, Small Heath established a mission church in the area in 1898. It was a temporary iron building.[3]
The architects Nicol and Nicol of Birmingham designed the present church as its permanent replacement. It was built in 1909[4] and consecrated on 30 April 1910.[3] It is in Byzantine Revival style, built of red brick with red sandstone dressings. The nave is flanked by north and south aisles. Between them are five-bay arcades with round-headed arches on sandstone piers. At the west end of the north aisle is a pedimented porch. A statue of Benedict of Nursia, the church's dedicatee, stands in a niche above its door.[4]
At the east end of the church the chancel has an apse. Inside it is a Byzantine-style painting of the apse representing Christ in Majesty, with angels, and saints in arcading, below. It was painted by Henry Holiday between 1912 and 1919.[4]
The church was made a Grade II listed building in July 1982.[4] Its parish archives were deposited with Birmingham Central Library in February 1998 and are now with its successor, the Library of Birmingham.[3]
