Country England Consecrated August 1774 (1774-08) Closed 1925 (1925) Dedication Mary Architect Joseph Pickford | Denomination Church of England Completed 1774 Opened 1774 Construction cost 4,700 GBP | |
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Location Whittall Street, Birmingham Architectural styles Gothic architecture, Neoclassical architecture Similar St Mary's Church - Selly Oak, St Mary's Church - Handsworth, St Mary's Church - Moseley, St George's Church - Edgbaston, St Martin in the Bull Ring | ||
St Mary’s, was a Church of England parish church in Whittall Street, Birmingham, England.
History
St. Mary's Church, Whittall Street, was built in 1774, under an Act of 1772, as a chapel of ease to St Martin in the Bull Ring. The building was designed by Joseph Pickford. Two years after opening, part of a gallery collapsed during a service, but the incident did not result in any injuries.
In 1786 John Wesley attended a service and heard a sermon by the first incumbent Edward Burn.
A parish was assigned to St. Mary's in 1841 out of St Martin in the Bull Ring.
Structural problems were discovered in 1866 and the tower and spire were subsequently rebuilt in a Gothic style.
In 1925 the church was closed pending demolition for the expansion of Birmingham General Hospital. The parish was united with that of Bishop Ryder Church. The proceeds of the sale went to build St Mary's Church, at Pype Hayes.
Its registers of baptisms (1774–1812) and burials (1779–1812) are at St. Martin's. Its silver communion service is at St. Mary's, except for two flagons which are in the collection of Birmingham Assay Office.
The thoroughfare at the north-west side of the site is still called St Mary's Row.