Location Birmingham Denomination Church of England Consecrated 6 August 1822 Opened 1819 Construction cost 12,735 GBP | Country England Dedication St George Completed 1819 Demolished 1961 Architect Thomas Rickman | |
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Architectural style English Gothic architecture Similar Hurst Spit, Coronation Chair, Kinniside Stone Circle | ||
St George in the Fields, Hockley is a former Church of England parish church in Birmingham.
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History
The church was the first of the Commissioner's churches in Birmingham. It was designed by Thomas Rickman in the Decorated Gothic style and built by Benjamin Nowell and Sons. It was consecrated on 6 August 1822 by the Bishop of Chester.
A parish was assigned out of St Martin in the Bull Ring in 1830. The church was enlarged in 1883 at a cost of £2,300 with the addition of a chancel and organ chamber by Bateman and Corser.
In 1856, part of its parish was taken to form the parish of St Matthias' Church, Farm Street, Birmingham.
The church was demolished in 1961.
Tomb of Thomas Rickman
The architect Thomas Rickman was buried in the churchyard in 1841, and his tomb is now a listed structure.
Organ
The church had a pipe organ by Elliott, later modified by Bishop & Banfield. The organ was rebuilt in a new organ chamber in 1883 by Nicholson and Ward of Walsall. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.