St Barnabas' Church, Darwen

St Barnabas' Church is on Watery Lane, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of St Mary, Grimehills.[2]

St Barnabas' Church, Darwen
St Barnabas' Church, Darwen
St Barnabas' Church, Darwen
Location in Blackburn with Darwen
LocationDarwen, Lancashire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Barnabas, Darwen
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Barnabas
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Paley and Austin
Architectural typeChurch
Completed1884
Specifications
MaterialsStone, Westmorland slate roof
Administration
ParishSt Barnabas, Darwen
DeaneryBlackburn with Darwen
ArchdeaconryBlackburn
DioceseBlackburn
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Priest(s)Revd David Bacon[1]

The church was built in 1884 as a mission church, and designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.[3] It cost £1,462 (equivalent to £150,000 in 2019),[4] and provided seating for 360 people.[5] It is constructed in stone, with a Westmorland slate roof. On the church is a bellcote with a pyramidal slated roof. Its windows are square-headed. The church contains stained glass windows dating from 1963 by Shrigley and Hunt.[3]

See also

References

  1. Blackburn Diocesan Directory
  2. St Barnabas, Darwen, Church of England, retrieved 6 October 2011
  3. Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 269, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  4. 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 2 February 2020.
  5. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, p. 234, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8


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