St Basil's Church, Deritend (later known as St John and St Basil's Church, Deritend) is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

former parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.

History

The parish was formed in 1896 from parts of

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and

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. The church building was constructed between 1910 and 1911 and was designed by Arthur Stansfield Dixon. In 1939 the church was united with

St John's Church, Deritend St John's Church, Deritend was a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham, which stood from 1735 until it was demolished in 1947. History A church was established in 1380 when the villagers in Deritend were given the right to build ...

and St Basil's Church was used as the church of the united benefice. In 1978, St Basil's Church was closed, and the parish united with

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. The church is now used as the St Basil Centre, providing help to young people.

Organ

The church was equipped with a pipe organ by

Harrison and Harrison Harrison & Harrison Ltd is a British company that makes and restores pipe organs, based in Durham and established in Rochdale in 1861. It is well known for its work on instruments such as King's College, Cambridge, Westminster Abbey, and the R ...

dating from 1911. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. On closure the organ was transferred to Worcester Cathedral.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deritend Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands Grade II listed buildings in Birmingham Churches completed in 1911 Former Church of England church buildings 20th-century Church of England church buildings Grade II listed churches in the West Midlands (county)