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St Philip's Cathedral is a Church Of England Cathedral , in Colmore Row, Birmingham , England , dedicated to St Philip . It was built as a Church and completed in 1715 , designed in the then-fashionable Baroque style by Architect Thomas Archer . It gained cathedral status in 1905 , when the Diocese of Birmingham was created (Birmingham was made a city in 1889 ). Built of Brick and faced with Stone , it has Stained Glass windows by Sir Edward Burne-Jones , and is claimed to be the smallest English cathedral. Memorials in the grounds include one to the victims of the Birmingham Pub Bombings . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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