Christ Church, Quinton

Christ Church, Quinton is a parish church in the Church of England in Quinton, Birmingham.[2]

Christ Church, Quinton
Christ Church, Quinton
52°27′43.04″N 2°00′33.22″W
LocationQuinton, Birmingham
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipOpen Evangelical
Websitewww.quintonchurch.co.uk
History
DedicationChrist
Architecture
StyleEarly English
Groundbreaking1840
Completed1841 (1841)
Construction cost£2,500[1]
Administration
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Birmingham
ArchdeaconryBirmingham
DeaneryEdgbaston
ParishChrist Church at the Quinton

History

The land for the church was donated by George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, who laid the foundation stone on 19 July 1839. The architect was Richard Hussey. The church and burial ground were consecrated on 18 September 1840 by Dr Robert Carr, the Bishop of Worcester.[3] A parish was assigned in 1841 from St John the Baptist's Church, Halesowen. The church was restored in 1890 by Frank Barlow Osborn and Alfred Reading. The entrance porch was added in 1928.

The churchyard was closed for burials in 1889. 1,415 persons had been buried there since 1840. A new burial ground was consecrated in 1890 by the Bishop of Worcester.[3]

Part of the parish was taken in 1933 to form the parish of St Faith and St Laurence's Church, Harborne.

Organ

A two-manual pipe organ by John Banfield was installed in 1868 but sold to the Waterfall Lane Mission, Old Hill, in 1919. The replacement two-manual organ by J J Binns of Leeds was dedicated in December 1919 and was in use for over 40 years until transferred to the Church of the Epiphany in Corby, Northanmptonshire.[4] It was replaced by a redundant cinema organ in January 1963, which in turn was replaced in 1987 by an electronic instrument by Makin of Oldham.[3]

References
  1. "Quinton, The". british-history.ac.uk. British History Online: Topographical Dictionary of England. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p. 200.
  3. Bunting, Thomas W; Taylor, Bernard J (2005). The Story of a Parish, The Quinton, 1840-1990. Quinton Local History Society Publications. pp. 4, 5, 15, 37. ISBN 9780955192104.
  4. "NPOR [N07296]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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