St Barnabas' Church, Balsall Heath
| St Barnabas' Church | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 52°27′16.4″N 1°52′37.4″W / 52.454556°N 1.877056°W | |
| Location | Balsall Heath, Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Barnabas |
| Consecrated | 1904 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas F. Proud |
| Groundbreaking | 1897 |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham |
| Deanery | Central Birmingham |
| Parish | St Agatha Sparkbrook and St Barnabas Balsall Heath |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Rt Revd Paul Thomas SSC (AEO) |
St Barnabas' is a parish church in the Church of England in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England.[1]
History[edit]
The church was built between 1898 and 1904 to designs of the architect Thomas Proud, and was consecrated by Charles Gore, Bishop of Worcester on Saturday 10 June 1904.[2] It acquired its own parish in 1905 with land taken from St Paul's Church, Balsall Heath.[3]
A fire in 1970 resulted in an extensive rebuild. In 1990 the church was merged with St Agatha's Church, Sparkbrook to form a united parish. The parish stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England: as it rejects the ordination of women, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Oswestry (currently Paul Thomas).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p.153
- ^ "Churches". Coventry Herald. Coventry. 17 June 1904.
- ^ "See of Birmingham". Lichfield Mercury. Lichfield. 14 July 1905.
- ^ "St Agatha's Church Sparkbrook; St Barnabas' Church Balsall Heath: PARISH PROFILE" (pdf). Diocese of Birmingham. September 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.