St Paul's Church (Birmingham)
St Paul's Church is a Church of England church located in Georgian St Paul's Square in the Jewelery Quarter , Birmingham , England .
history
The Grade I listed church was designed by Roger Eykyn of Wolverhampton . Construction began in 1777 on the land of the Newhall Estate provided by its owner, Charles Colmore. St Paul's Church was blessed in 1779. The church was used by manufacturers and traders who bought their own seats in the church. Among them were Matthew Boulton and James Watt .
The rectangular plan of the church is similar to that of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church in London. The steeple was built by Francis Goodwin in 1823 .
Furnishing
East window
The east window shows an enameled stained glass painted by Francis Eginton in 1791 . The window is one of Eginton's best-known works and is an implementation of a triptych on glass painted by Benjamin West in 1786. It shows the conversion of Paul . The original of the John West altarpiece is now in the Dallas Museum of Art in the United States .
organ
Due to the special acoustics, concerts are often held in the church, including the monthly organ concert "Thursday Live" by organist Paul Carr.
The first recorded organ in St Paul's Church was built by James Bishop in 1830 . It was on the gallery on the west side of the church. Banfield enlarged the organ in 1838 and built in a new swell . Bevington and Sons overhauled and enlarged the organ in 1871 and revised it again in 1897. In 1927, the instrument was extensively overhauled by Conacher Sheffield & Co. and placed in its current position. For this purpose, the case has been heavily adapted. The wings had to be removed and, together with some pews, now serve as part of the end wall of the north gallery. However, the side towers did not fit into the shape at the foot of the north arcades. Therefore, the entire housing was raised so that the consoles of the side towers compensate for the shape. As a result, however, the cornice of the side towers could have collided with the arcade capitals . This was then removed.
Due to war and weather damage, the organ was in poor condition in 1953. The organ's Rückpositiv was completely destroyed by bombs. In 1964 Hill, Norman & Beard equipped the organ with two manuals and pedals each . This organ is still in use today and in 1996 saw some changes in the playing aids . The organ has various mechanical and electro-pneumatic actions as well as a pipe stick with different vocal ranges . The organ pipes consist partly of the original pipe rows from Bishop, some organ pipes from the inventory of Hill, Norman & Beard, which were installed in 1964, and a partly renewed register, the "Great Stopped Diapason".
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The church organists include James Stimpson (1842 - ????), Thomas Munden, and George Hollins.
Bells
For the 250th anniversary of the St. Martin's Guild of Church Bell Ringers , a new chime of ten bells was installed and officially put into use on November 25, 2005. Before that, three bells were used. The bass bell of St Paul's Church weighs 641 kg.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rachel Leeds Kerr Date: 1790 ( Memento from July 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ St Paul's Church ( English ) Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Information: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^ Paul Carr: Paul Carr Organist - Thursday Live ( English ) Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ For more information on organ (English)
Web links
- Official website (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 7.1 ″ N , 1 ° 54 ′ 20.9 ″ W.
