Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston | |
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![]() Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston | |
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52°27′31″N1°54′14″W / 52.4585°N 1.9038°W | |
OS grid reference | SP 06628 84502 |
Location | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | balsallheathandedgbaston.org.uk |
History | |
Consecrated | 28 September 1898 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | J. A. Chatwin |
Groundbreaking | 1897 |
Completed | 1898 |
Construction cost | £8,000 (equivalent to £1,125,600in 2023) [1] |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Birmingham |
Archdeaconry | Birmingham archdeaconry |
Deanery | Moseley deanery |
Parish | St Mary and St Ambrose, Edgbaston |
Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed [2] parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham. [3]
The site for the church was given by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. The church cost £8,000 with the parishioners contributing £2,000 and the Misses Stokes of the Hawthorns, Edgbaston, the balance. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester [4] Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898. [5]
The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.
The first organ in the church was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [6]