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St Barnabas’ Church in West Street, Crewe, Cheshire, is a Grade II listedStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.[1][2]
The church was built in 1884–1885 to a design by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin, and was paid for by the London and North Western Railway. The church provided seating for 500 people at an estimated cost of £4,000, equivalent to about £2.6 million as at 2024.[3][a]Calculated using the labour cost of the project.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Barnabas’ is constructed in the Perpendicular style, in brick and red terracotta with red tiled roofs. Its plan consists of a three-bay naveCentral part of a church, used by the laiety., north and south aisles, a single-bay chancelPart of a church containing the altar, used by the officiating clergy., and a southeast vestry
Room in Christian churches for the storage of liturgical vestments, sacred vessels and parish records.. Towards the west end is a shingled flèche. On each side of the church are three cross-gables containing the aisle windows, timbered at the apexes. The gables at the east and west ends of the church are also timbered.[1][5]
Interior
The interior of the church has been described as “noble – clear, spacious and open, without being in the least bleak”.[5] The arcades consist of terracotta arches carried on pink sandstone piers. Between the nave and the chancel is an open timber screen. At the west end of the nave is a glazed screen forming a baptistry. The reredos and the pulpit are decorated with carving. In the seven-light east window is stained glass dated 1901.[1][5] The organ was built in 1887 by Wadsworth, and extended in 1957 by J. W. Walker.[6]
Notes
| a | Calculated using the labour cost of the project.[4] |
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