Location Birmingham Denomination Church of England Opened 1838 Architect Thomas Rickman | Country England Completed 1838 Demolished 1960 | |
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Construction cost 4,500 GBP (£361,864 in 2014) Similar J Ashford & Son building, St Benedict's Church - B, Holliday Street Aqueduct, Church of the Messiah, The Anchorage - Birmingham | ||
Bishop Ryder Memorial Church, Birmingham, was a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham from 1838 to 1960.
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History
Built on Gem Street in Gosta Green in Birmingham, it was a red brick and stone church designed by Thomas Rickman and Richard Charles Hussey in the Gothic style. It was built to commemorate Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield and was consecrated in 1838. A parish was created out of St Martin in the Bull Ring in 1841.
The chancel was rebuilt in 1894 by J. A. Chatwin funded by J.C. Holder in memory of his father, Henry Holder. In 1925 the parish of St Mary's Church, Whittall Street, Birmingham was united with Bishop Ryder, and in 1939 part of the parish and the benefice of St Bartholomew’s Church, Birmingham, were united.
The church was demolished in 1960. Gem Street also no longer exists, but the church was located in the middle of the modern Aston University campus.
Vicars
Bells
For the consecration in 1838, a single bell by William Taylor of Oxford was installed. In 1869 Blews and Son provided a ring of eight bells at a cost of £600. These were later recast by Taylors of Loughborough. When the church was closed the bells were transferred to St Peter's Church, Harborne.
Organ
The first organ in the church was built by Theodore Charles Bates of London and opened on 7 December 1841.
A later organ was built by J C Banfield which was renovated in 1939 by Walter James Bird. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.