St Mark's Church, Ladywood, originally known as St Mark's Church, Summerhill is a former

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

parish church in Birmingham.

History

The church was built on King Edward's Road, Ladywood by 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 ...

to designs by the architect

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he ...

. The foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1840 by James Taylor. It was consecrated by the

Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary (officer), head of the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Worcester, Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the ...

on 29 July 1841. A parish was assigned out of

St Martin in the Bull Ring St Martin in the Bull Ring is a Church of England parish church in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is the original parish church of Birmingham and stands between the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the markets. The church is ...

in 1843. The church was closed in 1947 and demolished.

Organ

The church had a

pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a Musical keyboard, keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single tone and pitch, the pipes are provide ...

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

References

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