St Oswald's Church, Small Heath 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 I ...

former

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activitie ...

in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

History

The church was designed by the architect

William Bidlake William Henry Bidlake MA, FRIBA (12 May 1861 – 6 April 1938) was a British architect, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham and Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art from 1919 until 1924 ...

and built between 1892 and 1893. It was consecrated on 27 September 1893. It was a mission from

St Andrew's Church, Bordesley St Andrew's Church, Bordesley was a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham. History The foundation stone was laid on 23 July 1844 by Henry Pepys, the Bishop of Worcester. The church was built to designs of the architect Richard Cr ...

. It was enlarged between 1899 and 1900. The altarpiece is by

Sidney Meteyard Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA (1868 – 4 April 1947) was an English art teacher, painter and stained-glass designer. A member of the Birmingham Group, he worked in a late Pre-Raphaelite style heavily influenced by Edward Burne-Jones and the Arts ...

dating from 1916 and the statue of St Oswald was carved by George Latham. Bidlake also provided a vicarage in Dora Road in the Arts and Crafts style. Part of the parish was taken in 1924 to form a new parish for

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 ...

. On closure the church was converted into a preparatory school. The parish merged into

St. Aidan's Church, Small Heath All Saints’ Church, Small Heath is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham, which until 1998 was known as St Aidan's Church, Small Heath. History The church was designed by the architect Thomas Frederick Proud. ...

and was renamed as All Saints

Organ

The two manual pipe organ by William Hill of 1846 was moved here from

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 ...

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Oswalds Church Small Heath Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands Former Church of England church buildings Grade II* listed buildings in Birmingham Churches completed in 1893 William Bidlake buildings Grade II* listed churches in the West Midlands (county)