St Barnabas' Church, Birmingham

St Barnabas’ Church once stood on Ryland Street in Birmingham as an Anglican parish church. Built in the 19th century from Hampstead redstone and Hollington stone dressings, it was designed by William Bourne of Dudley. The foundation stone was laid in August 1859 and the church was consecrated just over a year later in October 1860. The church played an active role in the local community soon after opening. In 1862 it established schools beside the building on Ryland Street. Its parish was created in 1896 from part of St Martin in the Bull Ring and later expanded in 1901 to include land from Christ Church, Birmingham. Visitors today would find only the site where the church once stood, as it was demolished in 1966. The organ installed by Bevington remains recorded in the National Pipe Organ Register, though the instrument itself is no longer in place.