St Agnes Church, Moseley is a

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parish church in the

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, Birmingham.

History

It was designed by the architect William Davis in the Decorated Gothic style. Work started in 1883 and it opened in 1884. The East window contains the subject of "Christ in Glory" and was designed by

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in 1897. The west tower was completed in 1932 by Charles Bateman. The lych-gate in the churchyard was designed by James A. Swan and installed in 1938. In the interior Swan designed the panelling, choir stalls, pulpit, lectern, screens and doors dating from 1939 which was carved by Robert Pancheri of The

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. The church was damaged by bombing in 1940. Temporary repairs were carried out and it re-opened on 23 March 1941. St Agnes' Church is within the

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tradition of the Church of England, and has passed resolutions to show that it rejects the

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and/or leadership of women.

Organ

The church has a three manual pipe organ by

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. It was originally built for

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in 1871 but was moved to St Agnes’ Church and opened in 1994. A specification of the organ can be found on the

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Organists

*Thomas Beech 1884-1886 *Thomas J. Richards 1886-1911 (afterwards organist of St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham) * Thomas Appleby Matthews 1911 - 1919 *Thomas J. Richards 1919-1931 (formerly organist of St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham) *W.H. Pasfield 1931-1940 (formerly assistant organist at Dudley Parish Church) *F. Bernard While

Bells

The tower contains two bells, both cast in 1921 by John Taylor of Loughborough.

References

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