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Christ Church, Quinton
52°27′43.04″N 2°00′33.22″W / 52.4619556°N 2.0092278°W / 52.4619556; -2.0092278
Location	Quinton, Birmingham
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Open Evangelical
History
Dedication	Christ
Architecture
Style	Early English
Groundbreaking	1840
Completed	1841 (1841)
Construction cost	£2,500
Administration
Parish	Christ Church at the Quinton
Deanery	Edgbaston
Archdeaconry	Birmingham
Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Birmingham

Christ Church, Quinton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.

History

The church was built in 1840 and restored in 1890 by Frank Barlow Osborn and Alfred Reading. The entrance porch was added in 1928.

A parish was assigned in 1841 from St John the Baptist’s Church, Halesowen. Part of the parish was taken in 1933 to form the parish of St Faith and St Laurence's Church, Harborne.

Organ

The two manual pipe organ by John Banfield was installed in 1868. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. but is no longer present.