Birmingham Oratory

The Oratorianerkirche Immaculate Conception (Church of the Immaculate Conception - Birmingham Oratory ) is a Roman Catholic parish and Oratorianerkirche in Edgbaston the English city of Birmingham million. The neo-baroque basilica was built in 1903-1909 according to the plans of Edward Doran Webb. It is closely related to the work of John Henry Newman ( died and buried 1890 in Edgbaston, beatified 2010) connected, having the Oratorianerkonvent founded in 1848 as first in England and whose mortal remains are venerated in the church since 2008. In the convent building Newman's office and his private chapel are shown.

History

The first church founded by Newman community was built in 1853 and enlarged 1858-61. After Newman's death in 1890, the plan to replace it with a larger and more representative Memorial Church was built for him. With the support of wealthy donors, the project could not be realized until 1909.

Architecture

The church was made ​​of limestone is trying to match models of the early Italian Baroque, but also shows neo-classical tendencies of its construction time.

The wide main and the gang -like narrow, separated by Corinthian colonnades side aisles of the nave span coffered barrel vault. Laterally shallow chapels are added.

Over the crossing is a copper- covered dome with a high tambour.

Equipment

The interior is decorated with colored marble and mosaic pictures. Altars and sculptures have been partly taken over from the predecessor. A baroque original piece of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome is the altar in the north transept.

For the Philip - Neri Chapel, a shrine modeled on the Roman Oratorianerkirche was created in 1930.

The ( original ) organ was built in 1909 by the organ builder Nicholson and expanded in the years 1917 and 1939 by the builders Firmer gradually. In the years 1950 and 1967, the instrument of the organ builders Rushworth & Dreaper has been revised. In 1987 the organ by organ builder Nicholson ( Worcester ) was rebuilt and re- voiced. The instrument has 59 stops on four manuals and pedal.

• Couplers: I / II, III / II, IV / II, III / I, IV / II, IV / III; each manual work as a sub and Superoktavkoppeln; I / P, II / P III / P IV / P