The Parish Church of St Augustine of Hippo
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The Parish Church of St Augustine of Hippo
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 2 Dec 2019
The main part of the church was built in the 1860s to a design by J. A. Chatwin, with the tower and spire seen here being added in 1876. The land on which it stands originally belonged to the industrialist Joseph Gillott (a pen manufacturer) who, realising that existing places of worship were no longer sufficient for the growing population of this part of the city, took it upon himself to provide a new church. He gave the land to the church authorities, and investigated designs and siting with the architect Chatwin, who subsequently won a competition to design and build the church. It was dedicated to St Augustine of Hippo, and originally had a stained glass window in the south transept; this was destroyed by a bomb in the 2nd World War, and accidentally replaced by one showing St Augustine of Canterbury. Whoops. The whole structure was Grade II* listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101076255-parish-church-of-st-augustine-of-hippo-edgbaston-ward#.XhbZZ8j7RPY & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076255 in 1970.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.47327
Longitude
-1.94578