St Andrew's Church, Bordesley was a

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in the

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History

The foundation stone was laid on 23 July 1844 by

Henry Pepys Henry Pepys (; 18 April 1783 – 13 November 1860) was the Church of England Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1840–1841 and of Worcester in 1841–1860. He gave generously to the Three Choirs Festival, held in Worcester every third year. His daught ...

, the

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. The church was built to designs of the architect

Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter (21 October 1812 – 27 March 1855) was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical and tractarian architect working in the Gothic style. Family Carpenter was born on 21 October 1812 in ...

with funds from the

Birmingham Church Building Society The Birmingham Church Building Society was formed in 1838 in Birmingham, England, with the purpose of building ten new churches. History The Bishop of Worcester, Robert Carr, chaired a meeting in Birmingham on 27 November 1838, at which the Birm ...

. It was consecrated by Pepys on 30 September 1846. Its decorated gothic style and layout was admired by contemporary ecclesiologists for the correctness of its plan. It was the last church constructed by the Birmingham Church Building Society. Out of this parish St Oswald's Church, Small Heath was formed. A storm in 1894 damaged the spire. The vicar was in dispute with the churchwardens, and the repairs were not completed until after the vicar, Robert Foster Burrow, left in 1900. The spire was restored in 1901. The church was demolished in 1985, having given its name to the adjacent St Andrew's Road and St Andrew's Street, and to the nearby St Andrew's football ground, home of

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Organ

The church contained an organ dating from 1849 by Banfield, later modified by

Albert Keates Albert Keates (14 July 1862 in Hanley, Staffordshire – 25 June 1949 in Sheffield) was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1889 and 1948. Career He started his employment at John Stringer and Co in Hanley. Later he ...

. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bordesley Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands Churches completed in 1846

Andrew Andrew is the English form of the given name, common in many countries. The word is derived from the , ''Andreas'', itself related to ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "c ...

Buildings and structures demolished in 1985