Church of St John, Sparkhill :: Shared Description

St John's Church is an Anglican church in Sparkhill Birmingham.
St John's is a multi-ethnic church situated in the heart of Birmingham's Balti Belt, it is one of England's most ethnically and religiously diverse parishes.
The church is a member of the South Asian Forum of the Evangelical Alliance and the New Wine Network of churches.
It is the home of the charity 'Narthex Sparkhill' LinkExternal link
It was constructed in 1888 which makes it one year older than Birmingham city. It sits exactly at the top of the Hill known as Sparkhill. It is a Grade II listed building. LinkExternal link
"St John's Church is a remarkable Victorian building with an interior of vast proportions for its age... The church was built in 1888 by Birmingham architects Martin & Chamberlain. This firm was more famous for school buildings than churches, and most notably the Birmingham School of Art, one of the finest buildings in the city centre. St John's church is perhaps as bold an architectural statement, in its own way...The architectural style of the exterior is the Victorian version of Early English Gothic, but with c19 engineering advances displaying no further similarities to the medieval in its interior arrangement." (English Heritage report 2009)
by N Chadwick
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Created: Sun, 9 Nov 2014, Updated: Sun, 9 Nov 2014

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