St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe

St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe
St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe
	St Barnabas' Church, Morecambe Location in Morecambe
	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	https://stbmorecambe.org/
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Barnabas
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1898
Completed	1900
Specifications
Materials	Stone
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Blackburn
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Deanery	Lancaster and Morecambe
Parish	St Barnabas, Morecambe
Clergy
Bishop(s)	The Rt Revd Philip North (AEO)
Priest(s)	Fr Michael Childs

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 £580,000 in 2023).^[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]

Present day

The worship at St Barnabas is in the catholic tradition of the Church of England. The parish priest is Fr Michael Childs, who was instituted and inducted as Vicar of the parish in September 2018.

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]

References

Citations

^ St Barnabas, Morecambe, Church of England, retrieved 26 January 2012
^ 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 7 May 2024.
^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 243.
^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 245.
^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 248.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 457.
^ 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