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Anglican Churches in Birmingham (4/11)

 

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Christ Church, Sparkbrook
 
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.

 
Grantham Road B11 1LU - 0121 777 2433 - Map

Guide Sparkbrook

 
St Agatha, Sparkbrook
 
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.

 
Stratford Road B11 1AD - 0121 449 2790 - Map

Guide Sparkbrook - St Agatha's Website

 
St John's, Sparkhill
 
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.

 
St John's Road B11 4RG - 0121 753 1415 - Map

Guide Sparkhill - St John's Website

 
St Christopher's, Springfield
 
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.

 
Woodlands Road B13 9NY - 0121 702 2934 - Map

Guide Springfield

 
All Saints, Stechford
 
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.

 
Albert Road B33 8UA - 0121 783 2463 - Map

Guide Stechford - All Saints Website

 
St Edmund's, Tyseley
 
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.
 
Reddings Lane B11 3DD - 0121 777 2433 - Map

Guide Tyseley - St Edmund's Website

 
St Andrew's, Stechford
 
St Andrew's was built in 1938 on Audley Road at Glebe Farm in the Stechford area of east Birmingham.
 
Audley Road B33 9DX - Map

Guide Stechford

 
St Margaret's, Ward End
 
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).

 
St Margaret's Road B8 2BH - 0121 327 9089 - Map

Guide Ward End - St Margaret's Website

 
St Edburgha's, Yardley
 
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).

 
Church Road B33 8PD - 0121 783 4736 - Map

Guide Yardley - St Edburgha's Website

 
St Paul's Balsall Heath
 
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.

 
100 Mary Street B12 9JU - 0121 440 1138 - Map

Guide Balsall Heath - St Paul's Website

 
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