Description

STAFFORD

SJ9222NW WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD
590-1/11/102 (North West side)
17/12/71 Roman Catholic Church of St Austin

GV II

Catholic church. 1862. By Edward Welby Pugin. Brick with blue
brick diapering and ashlar dressings; tile roof.
PLAN: 5-bay nave and lean-to aisles with east chapels flanking
short chancel; north-west turret; south-east sacristy.
EXTERIOR: canted E end has gabled 2-light windows; chapels
have 2-light windows to east and return; aisles have 3-light
windows; clerestory has spherical triangle windows;
Geometrical tracery. West facade has ashlar banding and some
brick diaper and crosses, pointed entrance to centre left end,
each with moulded arch and paired plank doors with strap
hinges; 5-light W window with small vesica window above;
turret to left is flush with facade and shows signs of
re-construction, plain parapet, pointed louvred bell openings
and short needle spire with metal cladding; coped gable with
iron cross.
INTERIOR: arch-braced roofs, part ceiled, part painted;
chancel has richly coloured tiles below sill level and narrow
2-bay arcades to chapels; nave has 4-bay arcades with marble
piers, simple capitals and moulded arches, west gallery with
organ and arcaded balcony front.
FITTINGS: High Altar has roundels between marble shafts, rich
pulpit has ogee panels with relief scenes between canopied
figures, similar desk has tracery panels and deep cornice;
side altars have relief panels and figures of the Virgin and
Child and the Sacred Heart; font has quatrefoils to sides with
instruments of the Passion, C20 glazed screen beneath gallery.
STAINED GLASS: C19 and C20 glass to N; E windows by Hardman; W
window has C16 Flemish glass, presumably that which was
installed in church of 1818, now demolished, by Lord Stafford.
(Staffordshire Catholic History: Catholic Chapels in
Staffordshire: 1974-: 429; Buildings of England: Pevsner N and
Nairn J: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: 249).

Listing NGR: SJ9229822540

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Austin's Church, Stafford at Wikipedia
• St Austin's Church, Stafford official website
• Wikidata Q26489921

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