St Chad's Church, Rubery facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St Chad’s Church, Rubery |
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St Chad’s Church, Rubery
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| 52°23′35.45″N 2°1′9.14″W / 52.3931806°N 2.0192056°W | |
| Location | Rubery |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Chad |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Richard Twentyman |
| Groundbreaking | 1959 |
| Completed | 1960 |
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| Parish | St Chad, Rubery |
| Deanery | Kings Norton |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
St Chad’s Church, Rubery is a Church of England parish church in Rubery, Worcestershire.
History
The church evolved in 1895 as a mission church from Holy Trinity Church, Lickey. The first building was a small wooden church. The wooden church comprised a nave only, with campanile tower at the west end, tiled with shingles, the roof with red and blue tiles. It accommodated 300 persons and cost £530. The architects were W. Jeffery Hopkins and A.B. Pinckney.
A parish was assigned out of Holy Trinity Church, Lickey in 1933.
The Second World War prevented progress on building a new church, but this was started in 1957 to designs by the architect Richard Twentyman and completed in 1959. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as a fine Modernist example.
Organ
An organ from St Margaret’s Church, Ladywood was transferred here when St Margaret’s Church closed. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
