St Nicholas' Church, Elmdon
St Nicholas’ Church, Elmdon | |
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Coordinates: 52°26′31.31″N 1°45′47.17″W / 52.4420306°N 1.7631028°W | |
Location | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Evangelical |
Website | elmdonchurch.org |
History | |
Dedication | St Nicholas |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
Architect(s) | John Standbridge of Warwick |
Groundbreaking | 1780 |
Completed | 1781 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 150 persons |
Length | 74 feet (23 m) |
Width | 32 feet (9.8 m) |
Administration | |
Parish | Elmdon, St Nicholas |
Deanery | Solihull |
Archdeaconry | Aston |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
St Nicholas’ Church, Elmdon is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Birmingham.[1]
History[]
The Elmdon estate was purchased in 1760 by Birmingham banker, Abraham Spooner (ca. 1690–1788). Elmdon Hall was stated in 1780 and at the same time, he demolished the old medieval church, and constructed a new one adjacent to Elmdon Hall (demolished in 1956), to the designs of John Standbridge of Warwick. It was altered in 1864 and restored in 1880 at a cost of £640.[2]
The church was extended in 1979 when a new nave was added to the south.
Monuments[]
- Isaac Spooner 1816, by Seaborne of Birmingham
- Abraham Spooner (d.1788) and his wife Anne (d. 1783)
- Abraham Spooner Lillingston (d. 1836) by Wilkes of Birmingham
- Jane, Dowager Countess of Rosse (d. 1837) by Wilkes of Birmingham
References[]
- ^ The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p. 288
- ^ "Warwickshire Parish Church. Elmdon". Leamington Spa Courier. Leamington Spa. 21 October 1893. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
Categories:
- Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Churches completed in 1781
- Rebuilt churches in the United Kingdom
- 18th-century Church of England church buildings
- Grade II listed buildings in Birmingham
- Grade II listed churches in the West Midlands (county)