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 elaborate mid-nineteenth century Gothic Revival church, built for the Redemptorist order by John Vincent Gandolfi on... Read More
A mid-Victorian brick Gothic Revival church, T. R. Donnelly’s first church design in the diocese. The building was... Read More
A building of national significance. Formed in 1726 within the upper space of a late medieval malt barn, the chapel has... Read More
A church by A. W. Pugin which is largely unaltered externally and part of a group of buildings erected to Pugin’s... Read More
A mid-Victorian brick church in a freely treated thirteenth century style, and a late work by E. W. Pugin. The best... Read More
A small chapel of considerable historic interest. Originally built as a chapel for a Benedictine community around the... Read More
A High Victorian church of some distinction by a well-known Catholic architect, in the manner of E. W. Pugin and... Read More
A red-brick modern single-space church in a large green space that has some architectural presence towards the busy... Read More
A modest 1869 brick church with stone detailing reminiscent of William Burges and with excellent stained glass by W.... Read More
A small church built in the 1950s with the help of Irish construction workers. It was reordered and extended in 2002-3,... Read More
This complex by John D. Holmes is typical of its time and decently constructed of modern materials, re-using the large... Read More
A landmark brick building on the edge of the town centre, its tall tower topped by a short stone spire prominent along... Read More
