OS grid reference SJ 349 823 Denomination Anglican Address Birkenhead, Wirral, UK Parish Bromborough Architect George Gilbert Scott | Country England Dedication Saint Barnabas Opened 1864 Phone +44 151 334 4155 | |
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Location Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside Website St Barnabas, Bromborough Similar Christ Church - Port Sunli, St Oswald's Church - Bidston, St Mary's Church - Eastham, St Barnabas Church, Chester Cathedral | ||
St Barnabas' Church is in the town of Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and stands within the boundary of the Bromborough Village Conservation Area. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral South. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it a "handsome church for a village-gone-prosperous". It is considered to be a well-designed example of the work of Sir George Gilbert Scott. In the churchyard are three Anglo-Saxon carved stones which have been reconstructed to form a cross.
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History
The first church on the site was built in 928 adjacent to a monastery which had been founded in 912, probably by Ethelfleda. This church was demolished in 1828 and replaced on the same site by another church. This church was again replaced by the present church. It was built on a big scale between 1862 and 1864 to serve the residents of new large houses which had recently been built in the town. The architect was Sir George Gilbert Scott.
Exterior
The church is built from local red Triassic sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave with clerestory, north and south aisles under lean-to roofs, a chancel with a semicircular apse, a south vestry and a northeast tower with a broach spire. It is built in Early English style.
Interior
The sanctuary contains trefoil blind arcading. The reredos is a sculpted relief depicting The Last Supper. The font and pulpit are octagonal. The wooden screens and stalls are dated 1900. Most of the stained glass is by Clayton and Bell. The east window is by Ballantyne and Son. The three-manual organ was built around 1923 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool. There is a ring of eight bells, which are all dated 1880 by John Taylor and Company.