The Church of The Redeemer, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, was a Baptist church, built on land on the corner of Wyndham Road donated by local benefactor William Middleton. It was designed by James Cubitt and built in 1881/2, and opened on 24th May 1882, having cost £17,340 2s 8d to build. According to local tradition one of the chestnut trees in front of the church was planted by novelist Washington Irving, whose brother-in-law's house was formerly on the site. The Church of the Redeemer was demolished in the 1970s.
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