St Chad’s Church, Rubery is a Church of England parish church in Rubery, Worcestershire.
| 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 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
| Deanery | Kings Norton |
| Parish | St Chad, Rubery |
History edit
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.[1]
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[2] and completed in 1959. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as a fine Modernist example.[3]
Organ edit
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.[4]
References edit
- ^ "St. Chad's Rubery". Worcester Journal. Worcester. 28 December 1895. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ RIBA Journal. Vol. 71. p 288
- ^ The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 030011298X p. 90
- ^ "NPOR [D02367]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 17 March 2015.