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Original Text (Annotation: EAW013573 / 1363561)
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ST CHAD'S RC CATHEDRAL ...THE FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL BUILT IN ENGLAND SINCE THE REFORMATION...DESIGNED BY AUGUSTUS WELBY PUGIN, IN THE 'GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE', THE FOUNDATION STONE LAID IN 1839 AND CONSECRATED AS A CHURCH IN 1941. IT WAS RAISED TO CATHEDRAL STATUS IN 1852, AND IS THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM. '