St Mary's Church is a

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in the

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Pype Hayes Pype Hayes is a modern housing estate area and council ward in the east of the Erdington district of Birmingham. It was within the Tyburn, West Midlands, Tyburn ward until 2018. Covering the postcodes of B24 and B76. Etymology The name of the a ...

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, England.

History

The church was designed by the architect

Edwin Francis Reynolds Edwin Francis Reynolds LRIBA (30 November 1875 - 19 January 1949) was an English architect based in Birmingham. Life He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and then articled to Cossins & Peacock from 1893 to 1896. From 1897 to ...

in 1927 and constructed between 1929 and 1930. The builders were C. Bryant and Son and the cost was £20,415. The funding for the construction came from the sale of the site of

St Mary's Church, Whittall Street, Birmingham St Mary's was a Church of England parish church in Whittall Street, Birmingham, England. History St. Mary's Church was built in 1774, under an Act of 1772, on Catharine Street (later renamed Whittall Street), then on the northern edge of the t ...

. The red-brick church and its hall were jointly given listed status in October 1995. In 2022 the church was involved in becoming a new church plant from Gas Street Church. It meant that the existing congregation along with a planting team from Gas Street formed a new church together meeting on the St Mary's site. This new church is Lighthouse Church , St Mary's. The church meets every Sunday at 10.30am with doors open from 10.15am for refreshments, there is Lighthouse Kids (primary school age) and Lighthouse Youth (secondary school age) running on each Sunday except the first of the month which is a Worship For Everyone gathering. Alongside this new information and up to date plans are available on the social media - @lighthouseonline.church

Organ

The church contains an organ dating from 1900 by Nicholson and Lord. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

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