Emmanuel Church, Bentley is a

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in the

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Bentley, West Midlands Bentley is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall located around Junction 10 of the M6 Motorway. It is also a rural village of houses towards its eastern sides. It shares borders with the areas of Willenhall, Beechdale, Ashmore Park, Plec ...

History

The church was started in 1954 by the architect

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with Lavender and Percy and consecrated in 1956 by Rt. Revd.

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the

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. It was built in memory of Alfred Ernest Owen. It was built of brick over a concrete frame. The bell tower is punctuated by asymmetrical openings. The

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and sanctuary are lit with strongly vertical windows. The building received praise from Pevsner who describes it as ''more accommodating and much prettier than their pre-war work.'' It was

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at Grade II by

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in March 2016.

Organ

The church is equipped with a pipe organ by Hawkins dating from 1956. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bentley Church of England church buildings in the West Midlands (county) Churches completed in 1956 Richard Twentyman