St Clement's Church, Nechells was a former

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in the

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History

The church was the first designed by the architect J.A. Chatwin. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester on 30 August 1859. ''Aris's Birmingham Gazette'' describes the building as a "handsome ecclesiastical edifice .... in the Geometric style of

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", with accommodation for 852 persons. Its cost was £3500, including the architect's fee of £300. "Considering the outlay, the design is thought to be the most successful and one of the cheapest of the new Churches in Birmingham.". An alternative categorization of St. Clement's architecture describes its "rose window, doorways and octagonal

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with gabled spirelet as being in the early Decorated style." Just over a century later, Nicholas Pevsner's comment on the building and its architect was "As usual with hatwin a very thorough though uninspiring Gothic design". Two of Chatwin's architectural drawings for St Clement's, showing the ground plan and the gallery are available online. St Clement's became a parish in its own right when a parish was assigned out of

St Matthew's Church, Duddeston and Nechells St Matthew's Church, Duddeston and Nechells is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the se ...

in 1860. Part of the parish was taken in 1879 to form the parish of

St Catherine's Church, Nechells St Catherine's Church, Scholefield Street, Nechells is a former Church of England parish church in Birmingham. History The foundation stone was laid on 27 July 1877 and the church was built to designs by Frank Barlow Osborn and Alfred Reading. ...

. The church was declared redundant in 1975 and demolished by 1978. Stclementschurch

Organ

The church was equipped with a pipe organ by Bewsher and Fleetwood from St James’ Church, Liverpool. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

History

Organ

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