The Diocese of Birmingham was created in 1850, becoming an Archdiocese in 1911. It is the Metropolitan diocese in the Province of Birmingham. The cathedral is in Birmingham and is dedicated to St Chad. The Archdiocese covers parts or all of the counties/administrative areas of Oxfordshire and Berkshire (north of the River Thames), Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. It has 224 parishes (as of 2015), some with more than one church; 263 churches were visited for Taking Stock.
An early and economically-built Gothic Revival design by A. W. Pugin, his first to be furnished with a rood screen... Read More
A plain early twentieth century church of Gothic Arts and Crafts character, designed to serve a religious community as... Read More
An early twentieth century Gothic church by Pugin & Pugin with many of the characteristic features of that firm... Read More
Started in 1940 by Fr John Lopes as a Romanesque basilica, the church was completed in 1966-7 by the same architect in... Read More
A functional dual-purpose brick building from the 1930s, not of architectural or historical interest, but with a... Read More
A small Arts and Crafts Gothic village church built on land donated by William Brown Hallett. Designed by the architect... Read More
A country house chapel of the 1820s which was rebuilt in its current location in the 1840s, and as such has been... Read More
A plain modern building which doubles as a hall for use by the local community and neighbouring school.Mass was... Read More
A small, simple brick Gothic design of the 1870s by C. A. Buckler, for the owner of Hadzor House. The church has an... Read More
A dual-purpose church and hall of the mid-1960s, cleverly planned to take advantage of its sloping site. The mission... Read More
An early example of a Catholic chapel, built at the expense of Lord Dormer, who also paid for the building to be... Read More
A simple Gothic-style church of 1825, the oldest Catholic church in the area, predating Emancipation. It is situated... Read More
