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Coordinates: 52°31′47.53″N 2°04′03.16″W / 52.5298694°N 2.0675444°W / 52.5298694; -2.0675444
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The Elite Church
Church of St Martin and St Paul
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52°31′47.53″N 2°04′03.16″W / 52.5298694°N 2.0675444°W / 52.5298694; -2.0675444
OS grid referenceSO 95515 92447
LocationTipton, West Midlands
CountryUnited Kingdom
Previous denominationChurch of England
Websitewww.theelitechurch.org
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated1 December 2015

The Elite Church, formerly the Church of St Martin and St Paul, is a church in Owen Street, Tipton in West Midlands, England.

The church, built in 1837, is Grade II listed.[1]

History

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The church was built in 1837, during a time when the town was rapidly expanding. The achitect was Robert Ebbles; its style is described in the listing text as Commissioners' Gothic. It was originally dedicated to St Paul, and was initially a chapel of ease for St Martin's Church in Lower Church Lane. The parish of St Paul was created for the church in 1843. St Martin's closed in 1986 (later converted for residential use) and the parishes of St Martin and St Paul merged.[1][2][3]

It was reported in 2018 that the Church of St Martin and St Paul, in the Diocese of Lichfield of the Church of England, would close, and the congregation would be moved to St Matthew's Church in Tipton.[4]

The church is now The Elite Church, of which this building, purchased in November 2021, is the first permanent place of worship. The original name was the CAC Royal Priesthood Centre; the change of name in June 2022 "serves as a symbol of our dedication to sharing the gospel, practising unconditional love, and upholding our values."[5]

Description

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It is built of red brick with stone dressings. Unusually, the building is aligned north-west to south-east, because of the shape of the available land. There is no burial ground. The tower, with a central doorway, is at the south-east; it has battlements, with crocketed finial at the corners. The nave has lancet windows, which externally have buttresses between them. Inside, the chancel is at the north-western end. There is a shallow chancel bay where there is a four-light window with tracery at the top. There is a stone Gothic font, given by a parishioner in 1870. In 1985 a false ceiling was fitted above the nave, to reduce the cost of heating, and two parish rooms were created to the rear of the nave.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of St Martin and St Paul (1430748)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The Annals of Tipton: Churches and Religion" historywebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Tipton St Paul" GENUKI. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Tipton church to close after 181 years" Express and Star, 22 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ "About" The Elite Church. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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