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Christ Church, Sparkbrook |
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Christ Church was a mid-Victorian Gothic church at the junction of
Dolobran Road and Grantham Road in the Sparkbrook area of south
Birmingham. It was destroyed by the Birmingham Tornado in July 2005.
The former site is currently being redeveloped as a church, health and
community centre. |
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Grantham Road B11 1LU - 0121 777 2433 -
Map Guide
Sparkbrook |
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St Agatha, Sparkbrook |
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Saint Agatha's is on Stratford Road in the Sparkbrook area of south
Birmingham. Designed in the Gothic style by W.H.Bidlake in 1900, it
was built in red and blue brick with stone dressings and features a
chancel, a six-bay nave with aisles and clerestory, and a west tower
with clock and corner turrets.
Reliefs above the south door show the Christian martyr Saint Agatha
with her Roman tormentor Quintanius and reliefs above the north door
show Saint Agatha chained in a dungeon.
The interior contains a statue of Saint Agatha with pincers, the
instrument of her torture; an altar of green Westmorland stone; and the
panelling, font & foundation stone from the old Christ Church (circa
1800) that stood in Victoria Square in the city centre until its
demolition in 1900. |
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Stratford Road B11 1AD - 0121 449 2790 -
Map Guide
Sparkbrook -
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Agatha's Website |
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St John's, Sparkhill |
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St John's is the parish church of Sparkhill in south-east Birmingham.
Designed by Chamberlain and Martin in the Early English Style, it was
built in red brick with terracotta and stone dressings in 1889 and
enlarged in 1895.
The interior contains a chancel, nave, transepts, vestry and tower. |
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St John's Road B11 4RG - 0121 753 1415 -
Map Guide Sparkhill
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St John's Website |
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St Christopher's,
Springfield |
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St Christopher's is on Woodlands Road in the Springfield area of
south-east Birmingham. Designed by in the Decorated Style by
Arthur Harrison, it was built in brick with stone dressings in
1907.
The interior contains a nave, side chapel, baptistery and
organ chamber. |
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Woodlands Road B13 9NY - 0121 702 2934 -
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Springfield |
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All Saints, Stechford |
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All Saints is on Albert Road in the Stechford area of east Birmingham.
Designed in the Decorated Style by JA Chatwin, it was built in brick
with terracotta facings in 1898 and contains a chancel, nave, lady
chapel, aisles and vestries. |
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Albert Road B33 8UA - 0121 783 2463 -
Map Guide Stechford
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All Saints Website |
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St Edmund's, Tyseley |
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St Edmunds is on Reddings Lane in the Tyseley area of east
Birmingham. Designed by HW Hobbiss, it was built in red brick
with a north-west tower in 1939-40. |
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Reddings Lane B11 3DD - 0121 777 2433 -
Map Guide Tyseley
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St Edmund's Website |
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St Andrew's, Stechford |
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St Andrew's was built in 1938 on Audley Road at Glebe Farm in the
Stechford area of east Birmingham. |
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Audley Road B33 9DX -
Map Guide Stechford |
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St Margaret's, Ward End |
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St Margaret's is the parish church of Ward End in east
Birmingham. It dates from 1517 but was substantially rebuilt
in the Gothic Style by Thomas Rickman in 1834.
The interior contains a memorial to the historian William
Hutton by Peter Hollins (circa 1848) and two stained-glass
windows by Edward Burne-Jones.
The church is currently being transformed into a community
hub after years of neglect
(News
Headlines 10/08/11). |
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St Margaret's Road B8 2BH - 0121 327 9089 -
Map Guide Ward End
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St Margaret's Website |
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St Edburgha's, Yardley |
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St Edburgha's is on Church Road in the Yardley area of east
Birmingham. It is a sandstone church dating from the 13th
century with a chancel, nave, aisles, timber-framed porch, west
tower & octagonal spire.
The interior contains a Jacobean pulpit & panelling, an
alabaster slab inscribed Thomas & Marion Est (1492); a West
Window with a Last Supper by Hardman (1892) and an unusual
monument consisting of a curtained cave with statues of former
vicar Henry Greswolde, his wife and medallion portraits of their
11 children (circa 1700).
The spire was at risk of collapse in February 2010
(News Archive 18/02/10).
Three strips of lead, each measuring eight feet, were stolen
from the roof on the night of Wednesday 11th August 2010
(News Archive 13/08/10).
More lead was stolen on Monday 31/01/11 and Sunday 06/02/11
(News Archive 11/02/11). |
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Church Road B33 8PD - 0121 783 4736 -
Map Guide Yardley
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Edburgha's Website |
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St Paul's Balsall Heath |
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St Paul's Church Centre is on Mary Street in the Balsall Heath area of
south Birmingham. It was built for worship, community gatherings and
as a meeting place for the elderly in 1980.
The building is shared with the Balsall Heath United Reform Church. |
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100 Mary Street B12 9JU - 0121 440 1138 -
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Balsall Heath -
St Paul's Website |
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