Where is St Agnes Church?

St Agnes Church is at Colmore Crescent, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9SJ. On an island site around Dyott Road and St Agnes Road.

 

In brief

A Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England. It was designed by the architect William Davis in the Decorated Gothic style. Work started in 1883, it opened in 1884. The west tower was completed in 1932 by Charles Bateman.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

St Agnes Church - details

The Anglican Church of St Agnes was built between 1883 and 1893 by the architect William Davis in the Decorated Gothic style.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Later the tower was completed by 1931 to 1932 by C E Bateman.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Made of rusticated Hampstead red sandstone with Bath stone dressings and a banded tile roof, the interior is exposed Bath stone.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The church is orientated east to west with the plan consiting of a nave, north and south aisle, chancel, north and south transept, south vestry, north organ chamber, north porch, west porch and west tower. 

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

St Agnes Church is part of the St Agnes Conservation Area, and is near Oxford Road which leads towards Moseley Village and St Mary's Row.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The memorial lychgate was built in 1938.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Nearby was the former homes of Frederick Lanchester and his brother George Lanchester, they were involved with the Lanchester Motor Company in the 1900s.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The church was named after Canon Colmore's wife, Agnes.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

It was built in two stages, from 1883 to 1884 and 1892 to 1893, with the tower completed in 1932.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

During WW2, in December 1940, a bomb exploded in the south-west corner of the churchyard causing some damage, including the aisle windows which were largely replaced in the 1950s and the partial destruction of the banded tile roof.

St Agnes Church, Moseley (March 2017).  Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Contact details

St Agnes Church

Colmore Crescent

Moseley

Birmingham

B13 9SJ

philip_ansell@live.co.uk

0121 449 0368