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Church of St Barnabas

A Grade II Listed Building in Crewe, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.102 / 53°6'7"N

Longitude: -2.4627 / 2°27'45"W

OS Eastings: 369115

OS Northings: 356188

OS Grid: SJ691561

Mapcode National: GBR 7W.8N8V

Mapcode Global: WH9B5.49J8

Plus Code: 9C5V4G2P+QW

Entry Name: Church of St Barnabas

Listing Date: 14 June 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1330053

English Heritage Legacy ID: 56706

ID on this website: 101330053

Location: St Barnabas Church, The Valley, Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW1

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Crewe

Built-Up Area: Crewe

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Crewe St Barnabas

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival

Description


SJ 65 NE FORMER BOROUGH OF CREWE WEST STREET

1/64 Church of St.Barnabas

GV II

Parish Church, 1885 (Pevsner), by Austin & Paley for London and North Western Railway. Brown brick with red tile roof, 3 bay nave, single bay chancel. Projecting weathered plinth, moulded sill band. Terra cotta windows in Perpendicular style with hood moulds and leaded lights, those to the nave under gables with apex timber framing. The large east chancel window has stained glass dating from 1901. Perpendicular flat headed door openings in terra cotta. Gables framed with moulded rafters. Interior: Spacious side aisles formed by treble arcade of moulded terra cotta carried on sandstone piers without caps. The chancel is the width of the nave between piers and is fronted by a "U" shaped open timber screen of turned posts and spandrel tracery which contains the choir. The carved reredos has elaborate cornice, with brattishing, flanked by high level panelling with memorial inscriptions. A heavily carved gothic pulpit fronts the choir screen north. There is low panelling to the aisle walls and a glazed screen across west nave entrance forming baptistery. Continuous chancel-nave ceiling has moulded timbers forming panels. Trusses have braced tie beams and three vertical posts each.

Listing NGR: SJ6911556188

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