St Peter's Church, Handsworth
| St Peter’s Church, Handsworth | |
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Former St Peter’s Church, Handsworth, now a church for the Seventh-day Adventist Churchs | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′21.6″N 1°55′57.6″W / 52.506000°N 1.932667°W | |
| Location | Handsworth, West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Previous denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Peter |
| Consecrated | 28 June 1907 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Architect(s) | J.A. Chatwin |
St Peter’s Church, Handsworth is a Grade II listed former Church of England parish church in Birmingham[1] now used by a Seventh-day Adventist Church church.
History
St Peter's Church was one of the last churches designed by J.A. Chatwin. It was consecrated on 28 June 1907 by the Bishop of Birmingham[2] and in the same year a parish was assigned to it out of St James' Church, Handsworth and St Michael's Church, Handsworth.
After being declared redundant by the Church of England in 1977 it is now used by the Seventh-day Adventist Churchs.
Organ
The church contained an organ by William Hill dating from 1846 which had previously been in All Saints’ Church, West Bromwich. It was moved here by William J Bird in 1910. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[3] When the church was declared redundant in 1977, the organ was moved to St Gregory the Great's Church, Small Heath.
References
- ↑ The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p. 181
- ↑ The Building News and Engineering Journal. Vol 92. 1907.
- ↑ "NPOR N07372". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.