St Andrew's Church | |
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52°30′50.73″N1°56′10.71″W / 52.5140917°N 1.9363083°W Coordinates: 52°30′50.73″N1°56′10.71″W / 52.5140917°N 1.9363083°W | |
Location | Handsworth, West Midlands |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Dedication | St Andrew |
Dedicated | 1910 |
Consecrated | 1914 |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
Architect(s) | William Bidlake |
Groundbreaking | 1907 |
Completed | 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.
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'.
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