St George’s Church

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St Georges is a so called Waterloo or Parliamentary Church built using a special grant from Parliament to create Anglican places of worship to give thanks for the victory and to provide churches to service the expanding manufacturing towns of England.

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St George’s was built in the Perpendicular style by architect Francis Goodwin in 1821-22 and consecrated in 1824. The parliamentary grant contributed to the costs of the Church and somewhat exceptionally met almost all of the costs of St George’s.

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The original church was largely destroyed by fire in 1922 and rebuilt. It is a Grade II listed building.

 

St John’s Church

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This  church is also a Grade II listed building.

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The first St John the Baptist Church was built between 1842 and 1843 to designs by the architect George Alexander. It was known locally as the 'Black Church'. It was created as a parish in 1867 out of that of St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster

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The present church was rebuilt between 1892 and 1904 by J. A. Chatwin and incorporated the tower and spire of the earlier church, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester Charles Gore on 13 February 1904.

In 1972 offices and vestries were constructed within the nave by Burman Goodall & Partners. The refectory and children's room were added then and the organ was moved to the west end of the nave over the refectory.