Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston

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Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
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Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
52°27′31″N1°54′14″W / 52.4585°N 1.9038°W / 52.4585; -1.9038
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
Completed1898
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]

Contents

History

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.

Clergy

Organ

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]

Organists

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References

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  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston (Grade II) (1076224)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ↑ The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
  4. ↑ "New church at Edgbaston" . Morning Post. England. 11 October 1898. Retrieved 16 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "The new Church of St Mary and St Ambrose" . Gloucester Citizen. England. 29 September 1898. Retrieved 16 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Musical Times, 1 April 1919
  8. ↑ "Music He Likes" . Birmingham Daily Post. England. 2 March 1961. Retrieved 16 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Organist to move" . Birmingham Daily Post. England. 1 May 1968. Retrieved 16 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
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