St Chad's Church, Rubery

St Chad’s Church, Rubery is a Church of England parish church in Rubery, Worcestershire.

St Chad’s Church, Rubery
St Chad’s Church, Rubery
52°23′35.45″N 2°1′9.14″W
Location	Rubery
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Chad
Architecture
Architect(s)	Richard Twentyman
Groundbreaking	1959
Completed	1960
Administration
Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
Archdeaconry	Birmingham
Deanery	Kings Norton
Parish	St Chad, Rubery

History

The church evolved in 1895 as a mission church from Holy Trinity Church, Lickey. The first building was a small wooden church. The wooden church comprised a nave only, with campanile tower at the west end, tiled with shingles, the roof with red and blue tiles. It accommodated 300 persons and cost £530. The architects were W. Jeffery Hopkins and A.B. Pinckney.^[1]

A parish was assigned out of Holy Trinity Church, Lickey in 1933.

The Second World War prevented progress on building a new church, but this was started in 1957 to designs by the architect Richard Twentyman^[2] and completed in 1959. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as a fine Modernist example.^[3]

Organ

An organ from St Margaret’s Church, Ladywood was transferred here when St Margaret’s Church closed. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[4]

References

1. "St. Chad's Rubery". Worcester Journal. Worcester. 28 December 1895. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
2. RIBA Journal. Vol. 71. p 288
3. The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 030011298X p. 90
4. "NPOR [D02367]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 17 March 2015.