Where is St John the Baptist Church?

St John the Baptist Church is at 4 Culmington Road, Longbridge, Birmingham, B31 4JN. At the corner of Longbridge Lane and Turves Green

In brief

Longbridge Parish Church was built from 1956 to 1957, from designs by G H White of Bromilow, While and Smeaton. It was built at the time to serve the expanding car making area around the Longbridge plant.

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge (January 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge - details

Longbridge Parish Church, also called St John the Baptist Church is a short distance away from Longbridge Town Centre, on what from 1905 to 2005 was the Longbridge Car Plant (Austin, MG Rover etc).

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge (January 2016). Photography by Elliott Brown

The parish was created from St Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton in 1957.

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge (January 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

The architects was Bromilow, While and Smeaton, the church was designed by G H White of that firm.

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge (January 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

The foundation stone was laid on Monday 25th June 1956 by Alderman A Lummis Gibson JP in the presence of Leonard Wilson, Bishop of Birmingham (from 1953 to 1969).

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge (January 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown

Roadworks on Longbridge Lane and Turves Green between 2018 and 2019 resulted in the removal of the wooden fence and hedges, and a raised concrete wall with safety barrier, the road was also widened at the time as well as new pavement tarmaced surfaces.

St John the Baptist Church, Longbridge (February 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

Contact details

St John's Longbridge

0121 643 2795