St Barnabas' Church, Mossley Hill
St Barnabas' Church, Mossley Hill | ||
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Style Gothic Revival (Perpendicular) | | |
Groundbreaking | 1900 | |
Completed | 1914 | |
Construction cost | £14,000 | |
Specifications | ||
Materials | Brick with sandstone dressings, slate roof | |
Administration | ||
Province | York | |
Diocese | Liverpool | |
Archdeaconry | Liverpool | |
Deanery | Liverpool South Childwall | |
Parish | Penny Lane St Barnabas | |
Clergy | ||
Vicar(s) | Alex Rayment |
St Barnabas' Church is in Smithdown Place,
History
St Barnabas' was built between 1900 and 1914, and designed by the Liverpool architect James Francis Doyle.[2] Before 1914 the congregation met in a temporary iron church. The architect died before the building was completed and the church was finished under the supervision of his brother Sydney W. Doyle. The church building cost £14,000 and, with the internal fittings, its total cost was about £25,000 (equivalent to £2,550,000 in 2021).[3][4] In the 1960s pews were removed from the east end of the nave, and a nave altar and communion rails were installed. A small kitchen was added to the rear of the church in 1999, and since then more pews have been removed to create an open space at the west end of the nave.[5]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in specially moulded bricks of various sizes, with red
Interior
Inside the church are five-bay arcades between the nave and aisles, and a three-bay arcade between the chancel and the chapel,
Notable members
- Paul McCartney said on The Late Late Show with James Corden that he sang in the choir of St Barnabas' Church when he was young.[9] A brass plate on the Choir stalls of the Church was installed to commemorate this.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St Barnabas (1356267)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 September 2013
- ^ ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d 1914 Church, St Barnabas Parish Church, archived from the original on 21 September 2013, retrieved 19 September 2013
- ^ a b Present Church, St Barnabas Parish Church, archived from the original on 21 September 2013, retrieved 19 September 2013
- ^ Lancashire (Merseyside), Liverpool--Wavertree, St Barnabas, Penny Lane (D04665), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 19 September 2013
- ^ Liverpool Penny Lane, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 22 October 2013
- ^ Keltek Trust - Transferred rings spreadsheet, Keltek Trust, retrieved 22 October 2013
- ^ Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke, The Late Late Show, 22 June 2018