| Description | This C of E church has a steel frame with shuttered concrete, dark red brick walls in stretcher bond, and slate roofs. The body of the church is a broad rectangle in plan with no division between the nave and chancel. There is a bell tower to the east, vestries to the northwest and a chapel to the west. At the western end is the church hall, which was added in 1971. Externally a single asymmetric roof covers the main body of the church, rising to the east end to form a mono pitch section over the altar area and incorporating the bell tower. There is a porch at the east end of the north side, and a transept with a double pitch roof. To the west is a single storey, flat roof section with an entrance to the north, extending to the transept. All the windows are rectangular, of varying sizes, with plain glass in rectangular leaded lights. The lintels over the doors and the parapet of the flat roofed block are all of shuttered concrete, as are the window surrounds.
Part of the reason that St Saviour’s Church is Listed is due to it being a complete example of the work of George G Pace, a notable twentieth century architect, incorporating many aspects of his approach to church architecture, including the reuse of materials and items from elsewhere, and a concentration on structure over design.
(Text edited from English Heritage LBO description). |