St Barnabas' Church, Darwen
| St Barnabas' Church, Darwen | |
|---|---|
 St Barnabas' Church, Darwen | |
  St Barnabas' Church, Darwen Location in Blackburn with Darwen | |
| Coordinates: 53°40′54″N 2°27′30″W / 53.6817°N 2.4584°W | |
| Location | Darwen, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Barnabas, Darwen |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Barnabas |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Completed | 1884 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone, Westmorland slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Barnabas, Darwen |
| Deanery | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Revd J. P. Milton-Thompson |
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.[1]
The church was built in 1884 as a mission church, and designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.[2] It cost £1,462 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2015),[3] and provided seating for 360 people.[4] 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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ St Barnabas, Darwen, Church of England, retrieved 6 October 2011
- 1 2 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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