Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston explained

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]

History

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.

Clergy

Organ

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]

Organists

Notes and References

  1. The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. News: . New church at Edgbaston . Morning Post . England . 11 October 1898 . 16 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  3. News: . The new Church of St Mary and St Ambrose . Gloucester Citizen . England . 29 September 1898 . 16 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  4. Web site: The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR. npor.org.uk. 30 July 2016.
  5. Musical Times, 1 April 1919
  6. News: . Music He Likes . Birmingham Daily Post . England . 2 March 1961 . 16 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  7. News: . Organist to move . Birmingham Daily Post . England . 1 May 1968 . 16 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .