St Chad's Church, Rubery

St Chad’s Church, Rubery
St Chad’s Church, Rubery
Map
52°23′35.45″N 2°1′9.14″W / 52.3931806°N 2.0192056°W / 52.3931806; -2.0192056
LocationRubery
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationSt Chad
Architecture
Architect(s)Richard Twentyman
Groundbreaking1959
Completed1960
Administration
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Birmingham
ArchdeaconryBirmingham
DeaneryKings Norton
ParishSt Chad, Rubery

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.[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

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

  1. ^ "St. Chad's Rubery". Worcester Journal. Worcester. 28 December 1895. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ^ RIBA Journal. Vol. 71. p 288
  3. ^ The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 030011298X p. 90
  4. ^ "NPOR [D02367]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 17 March 2015.