Weoley Hill United Reformed Church

Weoley Hill United Reformed Church, Birmingham
52°25′58″N 1°57′26″W / 52.4329°N 1.9573°W / 52.4329; -1.9573Coordinates: 52°25′58″N 1°57′26″W / 52.4329°N 1.9573°W / 52.4329; -1.9573
Denomination United Reformed
Website www.weoleyhillchurch.org.uk

Weoley Hill United Reformed Church is at the junction of Bryony Road and Green Meadow Road in Birmingham. It is notable architecturally for its unusual Scottish gable.[1] Other sources refer to it as a Danish-style gable.[2]

History

The church was opened on 1 July 1933. It was built to designs by the architect J.R. Armstrong (architect to the Bournville Village Trust). The church cost £600 (equivalent to £38,415 in 2015).[3]

Initially it was a Presbyterian Chapel, but became a United Reformed Church in the union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales in 1972.

Organ

The organ was built by Conacher of Sheffield. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham. Andy Foster and George Demidowicz. Yale University Press. 2005.
  2. ↑ Birmingham Mail 22 June 1933
  3. ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  4. ↑ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D04655
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