Some History about Castle Bromwich Parish Church
We love to welcome visitors to the Parish church, whether they come to worship or for the architecture. Sometimes they say “we had a job to find you! – It’s a bit out of the way isn’t it?” …and of course it is – now!
Years ago however it stood next to one of the oldest and busiest roads in the Midlands. No one really knows when the site was first used for worship but as it stands on a hilltop above the only fording place of the River Tame for miles in either direction it could have been a pagan temple in the earliest days.
The Romans had a watchtower close by and the Normans constructed a timber motte and bailey castle to guard the ford – hence the name – Castle Bromwich.
The earliest chapel, which served the castle, was of stone but when the settlement grew it was enlarged by the addition of a timber hall-like structure – possibly a redundant building from the no-longer needed castle?
When Sir John Bridgeman had finished his extensions and improvements at the Hall, just to the south, he must have felt that the strange old church didn’t give the impression of architectural “with it-ness” to which he aspired.
So without removing the old framework – he encased it in a state-of-the-art (for 1730) brick and plaster overcoat. It must have been the “Selfridges” of the time! The church is unique and, as I said, we love to welcome visitors. Gazette readers please drop in at a service or some other occasion when we are open. We look forward to seeing you.
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