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St Philip's Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral, in Colmore Row, Birmingham, England, dedicated to St Philip.
It was built as a church and completed in 1715, designed in the then-fashionable Baroque style by architect Thomas Archer. It gained cathedral status in 1905, when the diocese of Birmingham was created (Birmingham was made a city in 1889).
Built of brick and faced with stone, it has stained glass windows by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and is claimed to be the smallest English cathedral.The church is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building of national importance. It was designed by Thomas Archer in the English Baroque style, and built between 1709 and 1715. It became a Cathedral in 1905 when the Diocese of Birmingham was formed. The word "cathedral" simply means the church that houses the chair of the bishop, and so is the central church of the diocese.
Memorials in the grounds include one to the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings.
Address:
Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, B3 2QB
Telephone : 0121 262 1840
Fax: 0121 262 1860
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