St Paul's Church, Hamstead

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St Paul's Church
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St. Paul's in February 2020
St Paul's Church, Hamstead
52°32′30.9″N1°55′43.4″W / 52.541917°N 1.928722°W / 52.541917; -1.928722
Location Hamstead, Birmingham
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website www.stpaulshamstead.org.uk
History
Dedication St Paul
Consecrated 29 September 1892 (1892-09-29)
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Architect(s) William Davis
Groundbreaking 27 July 1891
Completed1892
Construction cost£3,400
Specifications
Capacity450 persons
Length95 feet (29 m)
Width40 feet (12 m)
Materials Brick
Administration
Diocese Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
Archdeaconry Birmingham
Deanery Handsworth
Parish St Paul Hamstead

St Paul's Church, Hamstead is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Birmingham, England.

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Location

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St Paul's Church Hall

The church sits west of the A34 Walsall Road, near its junction with Old Walsall Road, on a hilltop site overlooking the suburb of Hamstead, a former mining village, and not far from the border of Birmingham and Sandwell. At the time of the church's construction its site was part of Staffordshire. In 1928 it was incorporated into Birmingham, and thus also Warwickshire, and, from 1974, the West Midlands county.

The church's community hall sits a few yards further south along the A34.

History

The mission church on an Ordnance Survey map of Staffordshire, sheet LXVIII.NE, published in 1886. It is located between Hamstead Colliery to the west and Hamstead Villa - both now also defunct - at the junctions of what are now Hamstead Road and Spouthouse Lane, and to the north of the Grand Junction Railway line and River Tame. Ordnance Survey - Staffordshire Sheet LXVIII.NE - 1886 (St Paul's Church).png
The mission church on an Ordnance Survey map of Staffordshire, sheet LXVIII.NE, published in 1886. It is located between Hamstead Colliery to the west and Hamstead Villa - both now also defunct - at the junctions of what are now Hamstead Road and Spouthouse Lane, and to the north of the Grand Junction Railway line and River Tame.

The church originated as a mission church in 1865, closer to Hamstead village. Eventually funding was found for a permanent church and the foundation stone was laid on Friday 27 July 1891 by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. [1] The church was built to the designs of the architect William Davis. [2] It comprised nave, north and south transepts, north and south aisles and a chancel. It was built of red brick with Bathstone dressings. [2] The contractors were Harley and Son of Smethwick. It was consecrated on 29 September 1892 by Augustus Legge, the Bishop of Lichfield. [3] Pevsner and Wedgwood (1966) describe the building as "A pleasant country church in a Dec[orated] style". [2]

In 1894 a parish was assigned with land taken from the parishes of St Mary's Church, Handsworth and St John the Evangelist's Church, Perry Barr.

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Hamstead War Memorial

Hamstead War Memorial stands next to the church. Erected by public subscription in December 1920, it commemorates 22 men of the parish who died in World War I. It has the shape of a Celtic wheel-cross and is also Grade II listed. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "The New Church at Hamstead" . Lichfield Mercury. Lichfield. 31 July 1891. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Nikolaus Pevsner; Alexandra Wedgwood (1966). The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Penguin Books. p. 181. ISBN   0-14-071031-0. OL   18937008M. Wikidata   Q110888189.
  3. ↑ "Consecration of St Paul's Church Hamstead" . Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham. 30 September 1892. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Hamstead War Memorial (1442623)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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