St Martin of Tours’ Church, Wolverhampton is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

parish church in the Church of England in Wolverhampton.

History

The church was built in 1939 by the architect Richard Twentyman. Pevsner describes it as impressively blocky. It was built on the site of an old mine. The foundations of the church were made of reinforced concrete to a depth of 12 ft.Architect and Building News, 18 August 1939, p.181 onwards. It comprises a 2 bay chancel, and 6 bay nave with low aisles. The statue of St Martin on the tower is by the sculptor Don Potter, who also designed the font and pulpit. The altar rails, door furniture, grilles and windows were by a local firm, James Gibbons Ltd.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolverhampton Church of England church buildings in the West Midlands (county) Churches completed in 1939 Grade II listed churches in the West Midlands (county) Richard Twentyman