St Michael's Church in St Michael's Road,
Handsworth, Birmingham, England, 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 ...
,
Church of England church,
in the
Diocese of Birmingham,
built in 1851–1855 (and then in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
), and described as "a major local landmark".
In 1907 part of the parish was taken to form a new parish for
St Peter's Church, Handsworth
St Peter's Church, Handsworth is a Grade II listed former Church of England parish church in Birmingham now used by a Church of God (Seventh Day) congregation.
History
St Peter's Church was one of the last churches designed by J.A. Chatwin. It ...
.
It can seat one thousand people, and was built mainly to accommodate workers from local industry.
The foundation stone was laid by
William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, of
Sandwell Hall
Sandwell Hall was a mansion house in the county of West Midlands (originally in Staffordshire), England, about east of West Bromwich. The site is within Sandwell Valley Country Park. It was built in 1711 for William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth ...
, in 1852.
The church was consecrated by
John Lonsdale, the
Bishop of Lichfield.
References
External links
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1901 postcard showing interior
Handsworth
Grade II listed churches in the West Midlands (county)
Churches completed in 1855
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Grade II listed buildings in Birmingham
Handsworth
Handsworth, West Midlands
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