It’s been a while on this blog, but time for some more ecclesiastical modernism, this time in the form of Sir Basil Spence’s (yep, THAT Basil Spence) 1959 design in New Parks.
As if being designed by such a famous architect were not enough, it also features one of Britain’s finest post-war ceramic murals, designed by Spence and created by William Gordon. It’s pretty special and more worthy of attention and preservation than some ropey old bones of a king. Instead, it sits ignored next the traffic mayhem on the inner ring-road…Read about the Twentieth Century Society’s mural preservation campaign here. And if you want more pictures of 20th century churches, you might enjoy this gallery over on my Flickr account.