J. A. Chatwin

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The Joint Stock Bank (now a pub), Temple Row West

J.A. Chatwin (Julius Alfred) was a Birmingham architect (24 April 1830 - 6 June 1907) of many churches and buildings in Birmingham, England. He worked with Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin on the Houses of Parliament. He was architect to the Governors of King Edward's School and designed the first King Edward VI High School for Girls on New Street.

He also worked with his son, Philip Boughton Chatwin (P. B. Chatwin) (1873 - 1964).

He is buried with his wife Edith Isabella Chatwin and daughter Isabella Gertrude Chatwin in St Bartholomew (Old Church), Edgbaston. His gravestone also mentions his daughter Grace Constance Chatwin (cremated).

Works

• Birmingham Greek Orthodox Cathedral - Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew ^{[Grade II]}
• Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield ^{Grade II*}
• The Joint Stock Bank, Temple Row West ^{[Grade II]}
• Knutsford Lodge, 25 Somerset Road ^{[Grade II*]}
• St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston, 1868 ^{[Grade II*]}
• St John, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster new nave 1890-94 The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p206
• Lloyds Bank, Queen Square, Wolverhampton ^{[Grade II listed]} where he is commemorated by a blue plaque
• St Martin in the Bull Ring, (except tower and spire) ^{[Grade II*]}
• St Mary, Oldswinford, chancel 1898 The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p228
• St Mary, Bearwood Road, Bearwood, 1888 The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p88
• St Mary, Moseley (rebuilt) ^{[Grade II]}
• St Mary and St Ambrose, Pershore Road, Edgbaston, (a red brick and terracotta church, 1897-8) ^{[Grade II]}
• Saints Peter and Paul - Aston Parish Church, 1879, (except tower and spire) ^{[Grade II*]}
• St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham (enlarged) ^{[Grade I]}
• Solihull School (School House), 1882 ^{[Grade II]}
• Wolverhampton Art Gallery ^{[Grade II]}

References

Sources

• Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
• [Blue plaque in Wolverhampton]
• St. Martin's in the Bull Ring, Church Guide, 1991, ISBN 0-85101-282-5
• [Incorporated Church Building Society - Church Plans Online]
• King Edward High School Birmingham 1883-1983, Rachel Waterhouse, 1983

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