Description

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TQ 3383 18/544
5013
24.4.51

SHACKLEWELL ROW E8
(East side)
Church of Saint Barnabas

II*

Mission church, 1910-11 by Professor Sir Charles Reilly,
decorated by him in 1935-6. Stock brick, with concrete vaults
on expanded steel reinforcement covered in asphalt. Wide
three-bay nave with narrow passage aisles, baptistery in
arched recess at (liturgical) west end. Screen divides nave
from chancel, which otherwise is continuous and has narrow
transepts. Apse with three-bay ambulatory. South transept
houses organ loft with open timber balustrade; behind this a
projecting choir vestry.

All windows are square leaded lights. Screen, with elaborate
iron gates presented in 1915, completed as Reilly intended in
1935-6 and figures added to the design of Tyson Smith in
memory of the Denby family. Timber altar rails to raised
altar, choir stalls and sanctuary chairs by Reilly, font. Side
altar with marble surround.

Listing NGR: TQ3380385537

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551270

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)