Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston

Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed[2][3] parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.[4]

Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
52.4585°N 1.9038°W / 52.4585; -1.9038
LocationBirmingham
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Websitebalsallheathandedgbaston.org.uk
History
Consecrated28 September 1898
Architecture
Architect(s)J. A. Chatwin
Groundbreaking1897
Completed1898
Construction cost£8,000 {equivalent to £897,700 in 2019)[1]
Administration
ParishSt Mary and St Ambrose, Edgbaston
DeaneryMoseley deanery
ArchdeaconryBirmingham archdeaconry
DioceseDiocese of Birmingham

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[5] Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898.[6]

The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.

Clergy

  • 18911915: Arthur G Lloyd
  • 19151950: Martin Cope Heathcote Hughes
  • 19501975: Alfred Doyle
  • 19751983: Nigel Graham
  • 19831988: Richard Wilcox
  • 19901994: John Ward
  • 19962002: Hilary Savage
  • 20042016: Catherine Grylls

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.[7]

Organists

  • W. Timperley ca. 1890
  • H.S. Williams ca. 1907
  • C.F. Mottram 1919[8] - ????
  • Geoffrey Norman Gibbon 1946 - 1948
  • Anthony John Cooke 1948 – 1949
  • Harrison Oxley 1949 - 1950
  • Geoffrey Norman Gibbons 1950 - 1961[9] (afterwards organist at Henley in Arden)
  • Malcolm Jones 1968[10] - ???? (formerly organist of St Philip’s Church, Dorridge)
  • David Dewar 1989 - 1991

References

  1. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Grade II (1076224)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  3. Historic England. "Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston  (Grade II) (1076224)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
  5. "New church at Edgbaston". Morning Post. England. 11 October 1898. Retrieved 16 January 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "The new Church of St Mary and St Ambrose". Gloucester Citizen. England. 29 September 1898. Retrieved 16 January 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. Musical Times, 1 April 1919
  9. "Music He Likes". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 2 March 1961. Retrieved 16 January 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Organist to move". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 1 May 1968. Retrieved 16 January 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
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