The Church of St. John the Evangelist and St. Peter is a Grade II
listed
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Church of England
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church of
Ladywood
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,
Birmingham
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, England.
History
The Church of St. John the Evangelist was built to designs by the architect
Samuel Sanders Teulon
Samuel Sanders Teulon (2 March 1812 – 2 May 1873) was an English Gothic Revival architect, noted for his use of polychrome brickwork and the complex planning of his buildings.
Family
Teulon was born in 1812 in Greenwich, Kent, the son of a ...
between 1852 and 1854. It was founded as a mission from
St Martin in the Bull Ring and the rector of St. Martin’s was patron of the living.
The governors of the
King Edward VI Schools had also agreed to allow a site on their property. The site was on what was then known as Ladywood Green, a 17th-century Great Plague burial ground.
Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe
Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe (14 June 1790 – 2 May 1868), known as Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe until 1851, of Elvetham Hall, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
He was born the 4th son of Henry Go ...
laid the foundation stone on 28 September 1852, and the church was consecrated by
Henry Pepys, the
Bishop of Worcester, on 15 March 1854. The cost of the building was £6,000 (equivalent to ). It was a
commissioners' church
A Commissioners' church, also known as a Waterloo church and Million Act church, is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Acts of 1818 and 1824. The 1818 Act supplie ...
as a grant of £247 () was given towards its cost by the Church Building Society.
In 1876 part of the parish was taken to form the new parish of
St Margaret’s Church, Ladywood.
In 1881, a further sum of £2,350 (), was expended in the erection of a new chancel and other additions by the architect
J. A. Chatwin.
The church was significantly redeveloped and restored internally between 1994 and 2005, (a flagship to internal church redevelopment) which now enables the building to have a light, airy, flexible worship space. The building benefits from good acoustics. Many different organisations use this building and it plays host to numerous concerts and other events throughout the year. It is a church that is very much alive and serving the local community and beyond. Following the closure of
St Peter's Church, Spring Hill in 2001 the parish is now known as St John and St Peter's, Ladywood.
Clergy
*
Francis Morse
Francis Morse, M.A. (18 May 1818 – 18 September 1886) was a priest in the Church of England.
Family
Francis Morse was the son of Thomas Morse and Elizabeth of Blundeston, Suffolk. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, C ...
1854-1865
* Richard J. Mooyaart 1864-1868
* John Leech Porter 1868-1888
* A. R. Runnels-Moss 1888-1921
* J. L. Porter 1921-1927
* Canon Parslew 1927-1940
* Norman Darrall 1940-1952
* Norman Power 1952-1988
* Richard Tetlow 1989-2008
* Ian Harper 2010–present
Organ
The church had an organ by Bevington installed in 1858 which was modified in 1888. A specification of this organ can be found on th
National Pipe Organ Register
This organ was replaced by a Hammond organ in 1939 which was subsequently upgraded.
A two manual, 33 stop Renaissance Quantum digital organ by Allen was installed in 2008.
List of organists
*
Alfred R. Gaul 1859-1868
*
Samuel Simms ????-1879 (afterwards organist of
St. Cyprian's Church, Hay Mills)
*
Mark James Monk 1879–1880 (later organist of
Truro Cathedral)
* Thomas Troman 1880–1881
*
Henry Taylor 1881–1903
* Samuel Simms (son of earlier Samuel Simms) (previously organist of
St. Cyprian's Church, Hay Mills)
* W. E. Robinson 1907-????
[Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Frederick W. Thornsby]
Directors of music
* Ian Biggs, M Mus, FNMSM, ARCO 2011–2013 (previously assistant organist at St Mary's Church Moseley)
St. Peter’s Church, Spring Hill
St Peter’s, Spring Hill built in 1901 ceased to function as an Anglican church in 2001 and was combined with St John’s to make one new, larger parish.
References
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Grade II listed buildings in Birmingham
Grade II listed churches in the West Midlands (county)
Churches completed in 1854
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands
Commissioners' church buildings
Samuel Sanders Teulon buildings
1854 establishments in England