[3] Aris's Birmingham Gazette describes the building as a "handsome ecclesiastical edifice .... in the Geometric style of Gothic architecture", with accommodation for 852 persons.
"Considering the outlay, the design is thought to be the most successful and one of the cheapest of the new Churches in Birmingham.".
[4] An alternative categorization of St. Clement's architecture describes its "rose window, doorways and octagonal turret with gabled spirelet as being in the early Decorated style.
"[5] Just over a century later, Nicholas Pevsner's comment on the building and its architect was "As usual with [Chatwin], a very thorough though uninspiring Gothic design".
[6] Two of Chatwin's architectural drawings for St Clement's, showing the ground plan and the gallery are available online.