Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle

Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima
Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima
	Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima
Location	Weoley Castle, Birmingham
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.strose.org.uk
History
Dedication	Our Lady and St Rose of Lima
Architecture
Architect(s)	Adrian Gilbert Scott
Groundbreaking	18 July 1959
Completed	Whit Monday 1961
Construction cost	£75,000
Administration
Parish	Weoley Castle
Diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham

The Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle is a Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.[1]

History

The parish was established in the early 1930s. The foundation stone for a parish hall was laid in 1933, adjacent to the site of the current church. Services were held in the hall until a school was built in 1936.

The foundation stone for the church was laid on 18 July 1959. The building with seating for 500 people was designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott and the construction cost was £75,000 (equivalent to £1,757,744 in 2019).[2] The church was blessed on Whit Monday 1961 by Archbishop Francis Grimshaw.

In February 2013, the building was assessed by English Heritage under the Planning Act 1990, but did not meet the criteria for listing.[3] It is however locally listed at Grade A.

The High Altar was constructed in Blue Horton Stone from Banbury with an Italian Grey Marble top and plinth.

The wooden reredos scene above the Lady Altar was carved by Ferdinando Stuflesser, of Ortisei, Bolzano, Italy.

References

The Buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner. p.209
UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
Historic England (26 February 2013). "A Roman Catholic Church, built between 1959 and 1961 to the designs of Adrian Gilbert Scott (1414096)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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[1] The Buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner. p.209

[inflation-UK-2] UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[3] Historic England (26 February 2013). "A Roman Catholic Church, built between 1959 and 1961 to the designs of Adrian Gilbert Scott (1414096)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 February 2015.