St Jude's Church, Birmingham

St Jude’s Church, Birmingham
52°28′34.1″N 1°53′58.2″W / 52.476139°N 1.899500°WCoordinates: 52°28′34.1″N 1°53′58.2″W / 52.476139°N 1.899500°W
Location Birmingham
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Consecrated 1851
Architecture
Architect(s) Charles W Orford
Groundbreaking 1847
Completed 1851
Demolished 1971
Specifications
Capacity 1300

St Jude’s Church, Birmingham is a former parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.[1]

History

A parish was formed in August 1846[2] out of St Martin in the Bull Ring and St Philip’s Church. Building of the church started in 1850 when the Bishop of Worcester laid the foundation stone on 14 August and it was consecrated on 26 July 1851 by the Bishop of Worcester.[3]

In 1861, the church opened St Jude’s Schools, also on Hill Street.[4]

A restoration project was undertaken in 1879.

In 1905, the Society of the Precious Blood was started when Mother Millicent Mary SPB (formerly Millicent Taylor)[5] took her vows in the church.[6]

Depopulation of the city centre resulted in poor attendance, and the church was demolished in 1971. The site on Hill Street is now occupied by the Albany Banqueting Suite built in 1975.

Organ

The church was equipped with a pipe organ by E Bossward dating from 1867. It was opened in 19 May 1867 and had 13 stops. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[7] On closure the organ was transferred to Clayesmore School in Dorset, and then moved to St Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter in 2013.

References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p.112
  2. ↑ "Birmingham, August 3, 1846". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette (Birmingham). 3 August 1846.
  3. ↑ "Episcopal Incomes". Staffordshire Advertiser (Staffordshire). 26 July 1851.
  4. ↑ "Opening of St Jude’s Schools, Birmingham". Morning Chronicle. 19 September 1861. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Calendar of Commemoration, Diocese of Oxford
  6. ↑ See Guide to the Religious Communities of the Anglican Communion, authorised by the Advisory Council on Religious Communities, published by A R Mowbray, London, 1951, pages 53-54.
  7. ↑ "NPOR N07340". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.