Our building
St Paul’s Church, Forebridge, Stafford
The earliest mention of the name Forebridge comes from a document dated 1288. St Paul’s Church, was built to serve the growing population of the area by the Wolverhampton firm of Henry Lovatt, with construction beginning in 1840 and dedicated in 1844. It is in the early decorated style of architecture, with an open arched roof; the timbers forming a pattern of squares.
Windows
The main East window dates from 1865 and shows scenes from Christ’s life. It was made by the firm of O’Connor, London.
Our patron St Paul is commemorated in the South transept window, which dates from 1962.
Over the West door is a four light window and the gable end is terminated with a figure of St Paul.
There are three matching sanctuary lights made by J. Whipple and Co.
The church bell, originally of 1843, was recast in 1969 by the firm of John Taylor of Loughborough.
The spire and tower date from 1887 and are 122 feet high.
The organ dates back to c1862 and was the gift of a Miss Birch. It was most recently repaired, and the keyboard re-sited to the nave, in 1979 by the Stoke firm of Leonard Reeves.