St Barnabas Bethnal Green
St Barnabas Bethnal Green | |
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Church of St Barnabas Bethnal Green | |
Location | Grove Road, Bow, Tower Hamlets, London E3 5TG |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | www |
Administration | |
Deanery | Tower Hamlets |
Archdeaconry | Hackney |
Diocese | London |
St Barnabas Bethnal Green is a late 19th-century church in Bow[1] in London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London.[2] The church is at the junction of Roman Road and Grove Road in the Bow West ward of London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
History of the building[]
The building was initially built in 1865 as a Baptist chapel, to a design by William Wigginton, but was consecrated for the Church of England in 1870. It was built in a Gothic Revival style, built in yellow brick, banded with red and black.[3]
The church was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War.[3] Following the end of the war the steeple was removed and the church rebuilt, retaining the tower and north and south walls.[3] This remodelling was carried out by J Anthony Lewis of architects Michael Tapper & Lewis, who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter to create "The Four Evangelists" on the outside of the building (c.1957).[4] Potter also created a font in Clipsham stone.[5][6]
Activities[]
The PCC of St Barnabas Bethnal Green supports the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement and is only the second congregation to have affiliated as a body.[7]
From 2003 to 2012,[citation needed] the church played a key role in St Barnabas Community Fete (also known as Bowstock), whose director was the church's vicar, Father Brian Ralph.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Roman Road Bow". www.towerhamlets.gov.uk.
- ^ "St Barnabas Bethnal Green, Bow". The Church of England. Retrieved 20 September 2012. External link in
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(help) - ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bethnal Green: List of Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green. 1998. pp. 217–26.
- ^ Light, Vivienne (2002). Don Potter: an inspiring century. Brook, New Forest, Hampshire: Canterton Books. p. 166, note 9: 'Don received several London commissions from the architect, Anthony Lewis.'. ISBN 0-9541627-1-4.
- ^ Light (2002), p.166
- ^ Lewis and Don Potter also worked on St Matthew Bethnal Green.
- ^ "Saint Barnabas, Bethnal Green". Changing Attitude England. Retrieved 20 September 2012. External link in
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(help) - ^ "Living Britain: How Britain's towns and cities are undergoing cultural revival" (PDF). Zurich. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
External links[]
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