St Barnabas' Church, Crewe

Coordinates: 53°06′07″N 2°27′46″W / 53.1020°N 2.4628°W / 53.1020; -2.4628
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St Barnabas' Church, Crewe
Style
Gothic Revival
Completed1886; 138 years ago (1886)
Specifications
MaterialsBrick and red terracotta
Red tiled roofs
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryMacclesfield
DeaneryNantwich
ParishSt Barnabas, Crewe
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Ralph Dover Powell

St Barnabas' Church is in West Street,

Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

History

The church was built in 1884–85 to a design by the

Paley and Austin, and was paid for by the London and North Western Railway, being built near to its workshops. The church provided seating for 500 people at an estimated cost of £4,000 (equivalent to £460,000 in 2021).[3][4]

Architecture

Exterior

St Barnabas' is constructed in brick and red terracotta with red tiled roofs. The architectural style is Perpendicular. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave, north and south aisles, a single-bay chancel, and a southeast vestry. Towards the west end is a shingled flèche. On each side of the church are three cross-gables containing the aisle windows that are timbered at the apexes. The gables at the east and west ends of the church are also timbered.[2][5]

Interior

The authors of the

baptistry. The reredos and the pulpit are decorated with carving. In the seven-light east window is stained glass dated 1901.[2][5] The two-manual organ was built in 1887 by Wadsworth, and extended in 1957 by J. W. Walker.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ St Barnabas, Crewe, Church of England, retrieved 7 October 2011
  2. ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Barnabas, Crewe (1330053)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 October 2011
  3. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 11 June 2022
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  5. ^ Cheshire, Crewe, St. Barnabas (H00010), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 7 October 2011