Church Of The Holy Family, Blackbird Leys, Blackbird Leys - Oxford
Innovative church designed by Colin Shewring 1964-5, with a timber hyperbolic paraboloid roof designed by the engineer Hugh Tottenham. It comprises a spacious heart-shaped worship space with sacristy, small square campanile, narthex and toilets. The timber boarded roof was originally covered in aluminium sheet which was later replaced with a membrane: this now leaks leading to localised failure of the main roof structure. There are proposals to demolish the church and re-develop the site.
Site Details
- Designated Site Name:
- Church Of The Holy Family, Blackbird Leys
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building grade II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464513
- Local Planning Authority:
- Oxford
- Site Type:
- Religious ritual and funerary > Church
Location
- Building Name:
- Church Of The Holy Family
- Street Name:
- Blackbird Leys
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District / Borough:
- Oxford
- Parish:
- Blackbird Leys
- Parliamentary Constituency:
- Oxford East
- Region:
- London and South East
Assessment Information
- Assessment Type:
- Place of worship
- Condition:
- Very bad
- Priority:
- A - Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed
- Previous Priority:
- A
- Ownership:
- Religious organisation
- Designation:
- Listed Place of Worship grade II
Contact Details
Rachel James 0207 973 3153
