St Paul's Square, Birmingham
St Paul’s Square is a Georgian square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, named after the church at its centre. It is the city’s last remaining Georgian square.
Built between 1777 and 1779 on the Colmore family’s Newhall estate, it was a stylish place in the mid-1800s. By the end of the 1800s, workshops and factories moved in, and some building fronts were altered to become shop fronts or factory entrances.
Restoration began in the 1970s, and many buildings are now Grade II listed. The square is lined with bars, cafés and restaurants on all four sides, and new apartments have been added, including a restored facade of the Thomas Walker building, once a buckle maker.
St Paul’s Club, formed in 1859, is the Midlands’ oldest private members club and is located on the square. The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists has offices and a gallery nearby.
St Paul’s Square has its own tram stop, St Paul’s.
The church was designed by Roger Eykyn from Wolverhampton. Construction started in 1777 and it was consecrated in 1779, on land given by Charles Colmore. It served Birmingham’s early manufacturers and merchants, with pews once bought and sold by people like Matthew Boulton and James Watt.
The church is rectangular, similar to St Martin in the Fields in London. Its spire was added in 1823 by Francis Goodwin. The east window, a famous 1791 stained glass by Benjamin West and Francis Egington, shows the Conversion of St Paul. The church is Grade I listed.
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