Rubery

 

Anglican: St Chad


Located on New Road in the centre of Rubery, a few yards inside the county boundary. Built in 1957/59 to replace a wooden church of 1895. The architect was Richard Twentyman of Lavender, Twentyman and Percy.  (Diocese of Birmingham)

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                                                          St Chad’s Church, August 2014.

For more pictures from 2014:  Please Click Here.                  (www.flickr.com/tudorbarlow)

References:
Bridges, Tim:    Churches of Worcestershire,  2005.
Brooks, Alan and Nikolaus Pevsner:  The Buildings of England,  Worcestershire,  2007.

Full details of these books are on the Bibliography Page. 

Websites:          A Church Near You.
                           Family History Website.
                           Church Website

United Reformed Church: Beacon Church Centre.

 

Whetty Lane. Built as a Congregational Chapel in 1928/28 to replace the earlier chapel on Bristol Road. The architect was J R Armstrong of Bournville Village Trust.

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                   Rubery Congregational Church, c1900.  (Pictures Courtesy of Beacon Church Centre)

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                                                     Beacon Church Centre, August 2014.

For more pictures from 2014:  Please Click Here.                          (www.flickr.com/tudorbarlow)

Reference:  Brooks, Alan and Nikolaus Pevsner:  The Buildings of England,  Worcestershire,  2007.

Beacon Church Website.

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