| St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough | |
St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough, from the southeast
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St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough
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| OS grid reference | SJ 349 823 |
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| Location | Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Barnabas, Bromborough |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Barnabas |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 27 December 1962 |
| Architect(s) | Sir George Gilbert Scott |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1864 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone with slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bromborough |
| Deanery | Wirral South |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Canon David Walker |
| Laity | |
| Reader | Lynne Whittaker, Julie Rigby |
| Churchwarden(s) | Eddie Griffiths, Thelma Williams |
St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough is in the town of Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and stands within the boundary of the Bromborough Village Conservation Area.[2] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral South.[3]
The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it a "handsome church for a village-gone-prosperous".[4] It is considered to be a well-designed example of the work of Sir George Gilbert Scott.[1] In the churchyard are three Anglo-Saxon carved stones which have been reconstructed to form a cross.
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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.[5] 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.[4]
The church is built from local red Triassic sandstone[6] 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 the Early English style.[1]
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.[1] The east window is by Ballantyne and Son.[4] The three-manual organ was built around 1923 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool.[7] The ring consists of eight bells which are all dated 1880 by John Taylor and Company.[8]
In the churchyard are three stone fragments dating possibly from the 10th century which have been re-erected in the form of a Celtic cross.[9] The re-erection was carried out in 1958 by the Bromborough Society. It is listed Grade II.[10] Also in the churchyard and listed Grade II is a stone sundial dated 1730 which is possibly constructed from a 15th century cross. It consists of two square steps on a base, a tapered shaft and a square cap.[11]