Description

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK8053NW BARNBY GATE
619-1/9/62 (North East side)
19/05/71 Barnby Gate Methodist Church and
attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
NEWARK
BARNBY GATE
Methodist Church)

GV II

Methodist church and attached railings. c 1845. Brick with
ashlar dressings. Roof not visible. Plinth and coped parapet.
2 storeys; 4x6 bays. Front has quoins and entablature with 2
higher sections in the parapet. Upper storey has 4 round
headed glazing bar sashes arranged 1:2:1, alternating with
paired pilasters. Below, under a full-width entablature, a
pair of flat headed windows with moulded surrounds, flanked by
single projecting Doric porticos with pairs of round and
square piers. Each has a pair of panelled doors with
overlights and moulded surrounds. Sides have full-height
recesses with moulded round heads and linked hood moulds. Each
has a round headed glazing bar sash, the right one with
stained glass. Below them, a pair of stained glass windows
flanked by 2 glazing bar sashes. East end has 4 round headed
windows and below, 4 smaller windows, the left one partly
blocked and the central pair boarded up. Interior has oval
panelled gallery carried on cast iron columns with acanthus
tops. Moulded cross-beam ceiling with rosettes and modillion
frieze with guilloche. ground floor has at either end two
6-panel doors with cornices. South side has 2 mid C20 stained
glass windows. West end has 2 late C19 memorial windows. First
floor windows have linked hood moulds. North 1941. Entrance
hall has 2 open well staircases with vase and stem balusters.
Fittings include painted wooden Classical style pulpit with
communion table on scroll brackets, and curved flanking
stairs. Pulpit rail, communion rail and stair balustrades in
cast iron. Above the pulpit, a Classical organ case with
projecting centre and pilasters topped with urns. Ground floor
has fitted box pews and gallery has curved benches, those
nearest the organ with late C19 cast iron music stands.
Classical style wooden war memorial tablet. Outside,
round-cornered dwarf stone wall with cast iron spearhead
railing, partly renewed.

Listing NGR: SK8006853841

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490629

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)