St Peter's Church, Spring Hill is a

Grade B listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

former

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

parish church in Birmingham.

History

The first church dedicated to St Peter in Birmingham was built in Dale End and consecrated in 1827. This was closed in 1899 for demolition and the endowments transferred to a new church. The new church was built to designs by the architect

Frank Barlow Osborn Frank Barlow Osborn FRIBA (June 1840 - 6 April 1907) was an English architect practicing in Birmingham. Life He was articled to Charles Edge before transferring to Samuel Sanders Teulon. He established his own practice in 1864 and formed a part ...

and was consecrated on Saturday 19 July 1902 by the Bishop of Worcester. A parish was assigned in 1902 from the parishes of

All Saints' Church, Hockley All Saints’ Church, Hockley, originally known as All Saints’ Church, Nineveh, is a former Church of England parish church in Birmingham. History The church was designed by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson and was a Commissioners' church b ...

and

St Mark's Church, Ladywood St Mark's Church, Ladywood, originally known as St Mark's Church, Summerhill is a former Church of England parish church in Birmingham. History The church was built on King Edward's Road, Ladywood by the Birmingham Church Building Society to de ...

. When the church was closed in 2001 by the

the parish merged with

St John's Church, Ladywood The Church of St. John the Evangelist and St. Peter is a Grade II listed Church of England church of Ladywood, Birmingham, England. History The Church of St. John the Evangelist was built to designs by the architect Samuel Sanders Te ...

and the building was sold to become the New Testament Church of God the Rock. It was registered with this name in January 2004.

References

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