List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS
List entry Number: 1330053
Location
CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS, WEST STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire East | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 14-Jun-1984
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 56706
Asset Groupings
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
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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National Grid Reference: SJ 69115 56188
Map
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