St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe

St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe
St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe Location in Morecambe
Coordinates: 54°03′53″N 2°52′41″W / 54.0646°N 2.8781°W
Location	Regent Road, Morecambe, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Anglican Catholic
Website	St Barnabas, Morecambe
History
Dedication	Saint Barnabas
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1898
Completed	1900
Specifications
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	St Barnabas, Morecambe
Deanery	Lancaster and Morecambe
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York
Clergy
Priest(s)	Fr Tom Davis
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	John Deacon Mabli Craddock

St Barnabas' Church is in Regent Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.^[1]

History

The church was partially built between 1898 and 1900 to a design by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. At this time the chancel, five bays of the nave, and the north aisle were constructed at a cost of £4,214 (equivalent to £410,000 in 2015).^[2][3] In 1904 a font was installed,^[4] and in 1913 the south aisle and an organ chamber were added.^[5] A parish hall was built across the west end in 1961.^[6]

Architecture

St Barnabas' Church is designed in "free Perpendicular" style, and is described as being "low and solid".^[6] It has aisles that run through to the east end. Inside, the nave has three-bay arcades carried on alternating round and octagonal piers. Between the nave and the chancel is a low wall that incorporates the pulpit. The stained glass dates between the 1970s and 1989, other than glass from the late 19th century that was re-set in 1989.^[6] The three manual organ was made by Wadsworth and Brother.^[7]

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914)

References

Citations

1. St Barnabas, Morecambe, Church of England, retrieved 26 January 2012
2. UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
3. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 243.
4. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 245.
5. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 248.
6. Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 457.
7. Lancashire, Morecambe, St. Barnabas (D01799), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 26 January 2012

Sources

• Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9