St Peter's Church, Handsworth 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

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parish church in

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now used by a

Church of God (Seventh Day) The Churches of God (Seventh-Day) is composed of a number of sabbath-keeping churches, among which the General Conference of the Church of God, or simply CoG7, is the best-known organization. The Churches of God (Seventh Day) observe Sabbath o ...

congregation.

History

St Peter's Church was one of the last churches designed by J.A. Chatwin. It was consecrated on 28 June 1907 by the Bishop of Birmingham and in the same year a parish was assigned to it out of

St James' Church, Handsworth St James' Church in Handsworth, Birmingham, England was erected as an Anglican church in 1838–1840 (Handsworth was at that time in the county of Staffordshire) on land given by John Crockett of the nearby New Inns Hotel. The architect was Rob ...

and

St Michael's Church, Handsworth St Michael's Church in St Michael's Road, Handsworth, West Midlands, Handsworth, Birmingham, England, is a Listed building, Grade II listed, Church of England church, in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham, built in 1851–1 ...

. After being declared redundant by the

in 1977 the building was abandoned and eventually became derelict. In the early 1980s it was bought by The Church of God Seventh Day and continues to be used as a place of Christian worship.

Organ

The church contained an organ by William Hill dating from 1846 which had previously been in All Saints’ Church, West Bromwich. It was moved here by William J Bird in 1910. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. When the church was declared redundant in 1977, the organ was moved to

St Gregory the Great's Church, Small Heath St Gregory the Great's Church, Small Heath is a Grade II listed former Church of England parish church in Birmingham now used by the Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic. History The church originated as an iron mission church known a ...

References

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