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St Mary's Church, Selly Oak

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introduced alternately with Bath stone. Bands of Weoley Castle stone run horizontally around the inside of the church. The chancel roof was decorated with flowers in gold and colours, painted on a blue ground between the rafters. The north-west tower has a broach spire 150 feet (46 m) high, topped by a
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of Worcester rebuilt it, retaining much of the original pipework. Between 1925 and 1930 it was restored by Bird of Selly Park. In 1958 it was restored again, this time by Nicholson & Co, and the console was moved to the north side of the chancel. Between 1925 and 1930 it was restored by Bird of
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sandstone, laid in courses of two different shades. The walls are of brick, faced externally with Bromsgrove stone, with Bath stone used for the tracery, dressings and spire. The nave, chancel and aisle arches and columns are executed in Bath stone, the arches having Weoley Castle stone voussoirs
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The frame is cast iron, horizontal and planed. It is 6 feet (1.8 m) long, 1 foot 9 inches (0.5 m) wide and 1 foot (0.3 m) deep, and is supported by beams that are built into the tower wall to preclude vibration. The wheels are of
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all eight bells and they were re-hung. The tenor (the largest bell) now weighs 12 long cwt 1 qr 17 lb (1,389 lb or 630 kg) in and is tuned to the
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St Mary's acoustics are considered fine, and the church has been used as a concert venue, rehearsal space and recording space. The church has frequently featured in the BBC
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An organ was installed in 1862 for the opening of the church built by Halmshaw of Camp Hill. In the 1870s it was moved to the south side of the chancel. In 1902
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monument in St Mary's churchyard of Joel and Dorcas Merrett, who died within a month of each other in 1893. Joel Merrett paid for the treble bell in the tower
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The Organist is also choirmaster and a robed choir leads the worship at the principal Sunday services. Other choral occasions include the Christmas
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In 1922 the bells were found to be unsafe to ring, and they were silent for a decade until enough money was raised for rectification work. In 1932
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and nave the roof timbers are exposed and in the chancel they are gilded and painted in heraldic colours of red, blue, green, white and gold.
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set in groups of three. Internally the walls are plastered, and the plastering is punctuated by horizontal bands of sandstone. In the
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made the clock under the supervision of the Rev. Canon Cattley. It is made on the same principle as the clock designed by
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At the church's consecration on 12 September 1861 the tower had one bell. Five more were added in 1864, creating a
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For St Mary's centenary in 1961 the interior was reordered and redecorated under the direction of the architect
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The Master of the Ringers for many years from the 1930s was William B. Cartwright, a local solicitor.
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that chimes the hours and quarter hours. It was installed in 1887, the year of the Golden Jubilee of
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by adding two more bells, increasing them to a ring to eight that was first rung on 20 June 1887.
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at the entrance to the churchyard. There is also an entrance from the north in Lodge Hill Road.
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IN MEMORIAM FILIÆ ET S. M. VICTORIÆ ANNUM QUINQUAGESIMA REGNANTIS D. D. JOEL MERRETT.
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of six that was first rung on 29 September 1864. In 1887 the parish commemorated the
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was removed from the chancel arch and transferred to Holy Trinity parish church,
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was built. A parish was formed out of St Mary's for this new church in 1911.
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was formed from part of St. Mary's parish in 1871. The parishes were in the
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1909 Edmund Arthur Haviland (afterwards Archdeacon of Kimberley)
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1862 Thomas Price (afterwards Rector of Claverdon, Warwickshire)
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for the great clock at Westminster and the large clock at
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1957 Michael Webster, also afterwards Reton of Claverdon
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until 1905, when they became part of the newly created
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St Mary's foundation stone was laid on 12 July 1860 by
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The parish of St. Mary was from part of the parish of
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The church is set back from the main Bristol Road (
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8 (cast and hung 1861–87; re-cast and re-hung 1932)
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St. Mary's Church, Selly Oak

St Mary's Church, Selly Oak is located in West Midlands county
52°26′17″N 1°56′45″W / 52.4381°N 1.9457°W / 52.4381; -1.9457
OS grid reference
SP03758220
Selly Oak
Birmingham
England
Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Broad Church
Central
Church website
Dedication
Saint Mary
Consecrated
Grade II listed
Architect(s)
Edward Holmes
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Nave
Materials
sandstone
limestone
Province
Canterbury

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