Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston | |
Coordinates: | 52.4585°N -1.9038°W |
Osgraw: | SP 06628 84502 |
Location: | Birmingham |
Country: | England |
Denomination: | Church of England |
Website: | balsallheathandedgbaston.org.uk |
Consecrated Date: | 28 September 1898 |
Architect: | J. A. Chatwin |
Groundbreaking: | 1897 |
Completed Date: | 1898 |
Construction Cost: | £8,000 |
Parish: | St Mary and St Ambrose, Edgbaston |
Deanery: | Moseley deanery |
Archdeaconry: | Birmingham archdeaconry |
Diocese: | Diocese of Birmingham |
Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.[1]
The site for the church was given by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. The church cost £8,000 with the parishioners contributing £2,000 and the Misses Stokes of the Hawthorns, Edgbaston, the balance. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester[2] Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898.[3]
The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.
The first organ in the church was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4]