Church in Birmingham, England
The Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle is a Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Birmingham .
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. It was designed by the architect George Bernard Cox . 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 £2,204,001 in 2023). 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. 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
"New Catholic Hall" . Evening Despatch . England. 29 September 1933. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.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
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
Archdiocese of Birmingham Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Archbishops and bishops of Birmingham
Churches St John the Evangelist, Banbury St Francis of Assisi, Bedworth Birmingham Oratory Erdington Abbey, Birmingham Our Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, Birmingham Our Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, Birmingham Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, Birmingham St Anne, Birmingham St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham St Edward, Selly Park, Birmingham St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth, Birmingham St Mary, Harborne, Birmingham St Michael, Birmingham St Mary and St Modwen, Burton-on-Trent St Giles, Cheadle Holy Trinity, Chipping Norton St Osburg, Coventry St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth, Coughton Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa Our Lady and St Alphonsus, Hanley Swan St Peter, Leamington Spa St Wulstan, Little Malvern Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton St Anne, Nuneaton Oxford Oratory St Edmund and St Frideswide, Oxford Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch St Marie, Rugby St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley St Augustine of England, Solihull St Austin, Stafford Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent St Mary, Uttoxeter St Mary, Walsall Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley St Mary Immaculate, Warwick St Mary and St John, Wolverhampton St Peter and St Paul, Wolverhampton St George, Worcester
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
Schools Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Bishop Challoner Catholic College Bishop Milner Catholic College Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School Bishop Walsh Catholic School Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Blessed William Howard Catholic School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham Greyfriars Catholic School Hagley Roman Catholic High School Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham John Henry Newman Catholic College The Oratory Preparatory School The Oratory School Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Painsley Catholic College Princethorpe College Rye St Antony School St Augustine's High School, Redditch St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School, Stone St Edmund Campion Catholic School St Edmund's Catholic Academy St Francis of Assisi Catholic College St John Fisher Catholic College St John Wall Catholic School St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham St Thomas More Catholic Academy St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Trinity Catholic School
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