Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston
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| Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston | |
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_(March_2022)_(4).jpg) Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston, in March 2022 | |
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| 52°27′31″N 1°54′14″W / 52.4585°N 1.9038°W | |
| OS grid reference | SP 06628 84502 |
| Location | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | balsallheathandedgbaston.org.uk |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 28 September 1898 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | J. A. Chatwin |
| Groundbreaking | 1897 |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Construction cost | £8,000 (equivalent to £1,125,600 in 2023)[1] |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Birmingham |
| Archdeaconry | Birmingham archdeaconry |
| Deanery | Moseley deanery |
| Parish | St Mary and St Ambrose, Edgbaston |
Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed[2] parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham.[3]
The site for the church was given by Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe. The church cost £8,000 with the parishioners contributing £2,000 and the Misses Stokes of the Hawthorns, Edgbaston, the balance. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester[4] Rt. Revd. John Perone on 28 September 1898.[5]
The church was built between 1897 and 1898 by J. A. Chatwin. It was a daughter parish to St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston.