| Church of St. John the Evangelist, Ladywood | |
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Ladywood
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | www.stjohnpeter.org.uk/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. John the Evangelist |
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| Diocese | Birmingham |
| Province | Canterbury |
The Church of St. John the Evangelist and St. Peter is a Grade II listed[1] Church of England church of Ladywood, Birmingham, England.
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist was built to designs by the architect Samuel Sanders Teulon between 1852 and 1854. It was founded as a Mission from St Martin in the Bull Ring and the rector of St. Martin’s was patron of the living.
The Governors of the King Edward VI Schools had also agreed to allow a site on their property. The site was on what was then known as Ladywood Green, a 17th century Great Plague burial ground. Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe laid the foundation stone on 28 September 1852, and the church was consecrated by Henry Pepys, the Bishop of Worcester, on 15 March 1854. The cost of the building was £6,000 (£412,646 as of 2012).[2] It was a Commissioners' church as a grant of £247 (£16,987 as of 2012)[2] was given towards its cost by the Church Building Society.[3]
In 1881, a further sum of £2,350 (£175,684 as of 2012),[2] was expended in the erection of a new chancel and other additions by the architect J. A. Chatwin.
The church had an organ by Bevington installed in 1858 which was modified in 1888. A specification of this organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
St Peter’s, Spring Hill built in 1901 ceased to function as an Anglican church in 2001 and was combined with St John’s to make one new, larger parish.