St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham
| St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham | |
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| Church of St Alban and St Patrick, Highgate, Birmingham | |
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St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham | |
| 52°27′57″N 1°53′18″W / 52.46583°N 1.88833°WCoordinates: 52°27′57″N 1°53′18″W / 52.46583°N 1.88833°W | |
| Location | Conybere Street, Highgate, Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website |
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| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Alban |
| Consecrated | 4 December 1899 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Designated | 25 April 1952 |
| Architect(s) | John Loughborough Pearson |
| Architectural type | Gothic revival architecture |
| Groundbreaking | 1880 |
| Completed | 1881 |
| Construction cost | £20,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 130 feet (40 m) |
| Width | 76 feet (23 m) |
| Nave width | 26.5 feet (8.1 m) |
| Height | 170 feet (52 m) |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Highgate |
| Deanery | Central Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham.[1] It is dedicated to Saint Alban, the first British Christian martyr.[2]
History
A temporary church was established as a mission of Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley in 1865, and a temporary church was opened on 13 September 1866.[3]
The permanent church was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built by the contractor Shillitoe of Doncaster.[4] Work started in 1880 and the church was opened in 1881. The formal consecration took place on 4 December 1899.[5] The construction cost was in the region of £20,000 (£1,905,792 in 2015).[6]
The patron is Keble College, Oxford.
St Alban's Church took over the parish of St Patrick's Church, Bordesley when St Patrick's was demolished in the early 1970s.
Architecture
The cruciform building is in red brick, with dressings in ashlar. The tower and spire were added in 1938 by Edwin Francis Reynolds. The interior features a stained glass east window by Henry Payne and, in the south chapel, a copper Arts and Crafts triptych with painted panels, by local artists Kate and Myra Bunce[7] and donated by them in 1919 in memory of their sisters and parents.[5]
Vicars
- 1865–1894 – James Samuel Pollock
- 1895–1896 – Thomas Benson Pollock
- 1897–1900 – George Philip Trevelyan
- 1900–1910 – Canon Alfred Cecil Scott
- 1910–1911 – Mark Napier Trollope
- 1911–1923 – Francis Underhill
- 1923–1953 – Dudley Clark
- 1953–1981 – Canon Lawrence Goodrich Harding
- 1982–1986 – David Handley Hutt
- 1987–1993 – Michael Hedley Bryant
- 1995–2004 – Canon James G. Pendorf
Organ
The organ dates from 1870 and was by Bryceson Son & Ellis. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
- ↑ Thurston, Herbert. "St. Alban." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 19 Feb. 2013
- ↑ "Dedication Services at St Alban's". Birmingham Journal (Birmingham). 15 September 1866. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "The Church of St Alban, Birmingham". Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham). 29 April 1881. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 S. Alban and S. Patrick, Birmingham 12. St Alban's. Undated (circa 1984-1986). Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2014), "What Were the British Earnings and Prices Then? (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
- ↑ "1290539 - The National Heritage List for England". English Heritage. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ St. Alban and St. Patrick, Conybere Street from The National Pipe Organ Register, retrieved 4 March 2015
External links
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- Official website
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1290539)". National Heritage List for England.
