All Saints’ Church, Gravelly Hill is a

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

History

The church was built between 1900 and 1901 to designs by the architect V.S. Peel, as a chapel of ease to

St Barnabas' Church, Erdington St. Barnabas' Church is a Church of England parish church in Erdington in the north of Birmingham, England. Background It is located on the High Street, in the main shopping centre area of Erdington, and is a Grade II listed building. The vicar ...

. It was enlarged in 1918 by

William Bidlake William Henry Bidlake MA, FRIBA (12 May 1861 – 6 April 1938) was a British architect, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham and Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art from 1919 until 1924 ...

. In 1928 the church was consecrated, and in 1929 a parish was assigned out of

and St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aston.Birmingham Diocesan Calendar. 1930 p.142 In 1934, part of the parish was taken to form a new parish for St Mark's Church, Stockland Green.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gravelly HIll Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands Churches completed in 1901 20th-century Church of England church buildings