St Andrew's Church, Handsworth

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St Andrew's Church
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St Andrew's
St Andrew's Church, Handsworth
52°30′50.73″N1°56′10.71″W / 52.5140917°N 1.9363083°W / 52.5140917; -1.9363083 Coordinates: 52°30′50.73″N1°56′10.71″W / 52.5140917°N 1.9363083°W / 52.5140917; -1.9363083
Location Handsworth, West Midlands
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
Website www.standrews-handsworth.org.uk
History
Dedication St Andrew
Dedicated1910
Consecrated 1914
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Architect(s) William Bidlake
Groundbreaking 1907
Completed1909 (1909)
Administration
Diocese Birmingham
Archdeaconry Birmingham
Deanery Handsworth
Parish Handsworth St Andrew
Clergy
Vicar(s) 2023 - Rev. Paskal Clement

2020 - 2023 - Interregnum

2014 - 2020 - Rev. Douglas. T. Machiridza

2007 - 2013 - Re. Edmund. J. Newey
Laity
Reader(s) Carole Sami - Lay Minister
Alison Thorne - Lay Minister
Valerie Powell - Lay Minister
Stuart Jeffs - Lay Minister
Organist/Director of music Stuart Jeffs

St Andrew's Church, Handsworth is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England [1] in Handsworth, West Midlands.

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History

The church originated as the mission church of the Good Shepherd. It opened in a temporary building in 1894 as a mission church of St. Mary's, Handsworth. The current building was designed by the architect William Bidlake in the Arts and Crafts style. Work started in 1907 [2] and the building was completed in 1908. The church was dedicated in 1910 and it was consecrated in 1914 when a parish was assigned from St Mary's and St James'.

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ by William Bird and Sons of Selly Park. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [3]

Choir

The church has a traditional, robed, parish Choir whose primary function is to lead the sung mass worship at the main service on Sunday at 10.00 am. The choir consists of a cross section of age groups and is structured using the traditional 'SATB' voices. The choir sing and perform traditional, classical and modern works and rehearse and sing a liturgically suitable anthem each Sunday.

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References

  1. The Buildings of England: Warwickshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. Historic England. "Parish Church of St Andrew, Oxhill Road B21 (1076219)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. "NPOR [D03301]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 3 February 2014.

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