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Edgbaston Conservation Area
The Edgbaston Conservation Area is the largest in Birmingham. It includes most of Calthorpe, Metchley and the Chad Valley, and part of the University.
The conservation area, which is justified on grounds of scale and character, was largely preserved as a Georgian suburb thanks to the Gough-Calthorpe family who prevented its redevelopment as an industrial suburb.
Rather than designate a series of individual conservation areas within Edgbaston, the council has conserved most of the suburb as a setting for such architectural gems as Saint Bartholomew's Church on Westbourne Road, Winterbourne House on Edgbaston Park Road and Edgbaston Hall on Church Road.
The conservation area also contains a belt of parkland that includes Edgbaston Golf Course, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston Part, the Winterbourne Botanic Garden, the Vale Student Village and acres of school and university playing fields.
Churches in the Edgbaston Conservation Area
St Bartholomew's
St Bartholomew's, which stands on Church Road, was originally a mediaeval chapel attached to Edgbaston Hall; however, it was rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries and again in the 19th century.
The current church, which is designed in the Perpendicular Style, was largely the brainchild of J.A.Chatwin who rebuilt the chancel, nave, transepts and Lady Chapel in 1889; the south aisle had already been rebuilt in 1856; however, the north aisle is early Tudor, dating from around 1490 and the stone porch is 17th century.
The upper part of the tower, embellished with Victorian battlements, is 17th century; the lower part, 16th century; the interior contains impressive wall tables by William Hollins.
0121 454 0070 Church Road B15 2UW
- Landmark Churches - St Bartholomew's WebsiteSt George's
St George's is the C of E parish church serving the Chad Valley area of Edgbaston; it is located on a traffic island at the junction of Westbourne Road, Calthorpe Road and Highfield Road and was built in 1838 to a design in the Early English Style by JJ Scholes.
The original church was a chapel of ease to St Bartholomew's and merely consisted of a nave and aisle; it was extended in 1856 when Charles Edge added a chancel and again in 1885, when JA Chatwin built a second chancel and nave; the first chancel then became the Lady Chapel and the first nave, the south aisle.
Chatwin's nave has a high ceiling with Early English decoration; other treasures include stained glass in the Lady Chapel by C.E.Kempe; choir stalls, a parclose screen (1885), organ case (1890) and Lady Chapel Screen (1906).
T 0121 454 2303 Address: 1 Westbourne Crescent B15 3DQ
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