Church of St Thomas More, Sheldon
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Church of St Thomas More, Sheldon
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 9 Sep 2023
This Catholic church was built in 1968-9 on Horse Shoes Lane, to designs by Richard Gilbert Scott, of the famous Scott architectural dynasty. Like Our Lady Help of Christians in nearby Kitts Green (Image]), also by Scott, this church and its associated school were built to serve the rapidly expanding suburbs of eastern Birmingham and their Catholic population, mainly recent arrivals from Ireland. The design of the church also reflects, as at Kitts Green, the changes to Catholic worship introduced by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). The building is roughly hexagonal in plan, with a fan-shaped interior. It has a tall reinforced concrete spire and a freestanding canopy for a porch, visible at the right of the picture. It is Grade II listed; see the listing at the Historic England site https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1410131?section=official-list-entry .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.455912
Longitude
-1.782291