Description

SJ 46 NE BARROW C P THE VILLAGE
Great Barrow

4/4 Church of St.Bartholomew

1/6/1967
GV II*

Church: some late Medieval work in north aisle, chancel dated 1671
for Dean Bridgeman, tower dated 1744 and remainder dated 1883 by John
Douglas. Ashlar red sandstone, red tile roof. 4-bay nave and north
aisle, south porch, 3-bay chancel and a 4-stage tower. Nave has 2 and
4-light rectangular windows, with 2 levels of round-headed lights,
under label mounds. Gabled porch has a 4-centred arched entrance with
cusped ogee headed light above. Romanesque style doorway behind.
Chancel has a single and triple round-headed window and a blocked,
moulded 4-centred arched priest's doorway with a plaque above reading
"THIS CHANCEL WAS BUILT BY D HENRY BRIDGEMAN LORD BISHOP OF MAN DEAN
OF CHESTER AND RECTOR OF BARROW 1671". Pointed arched, 4-light
transomed east window. Classical style tower has bands at each stage
and semi-circular heads to surrounds with raised quoining, of the west
door, mullioned west window, and louvred bell openings. There is a
clock in the third stage and a moulded cornice carries a ramped
parapet, formerly with large gadrooned urn finials now collected at
the base of the tower. 2 good lead rainheads to the rear dated 1744
and on the south side a large circular light with raised keyblocks.
Interior: 4-bay arcade of depressed 4-centred arches on octagonal
piers. Chancel has a hammer beam truss with the Bridgeman arms on the
bosses. Boards record restoration of the chancel roof in 1807 by Hugh
Cholmondely and rebuilding of 1883. East window and east window of
the north aisle by Kempe. Octagonal font on octagonal shaft has lead
bowl dated 1713.

Listing NGR: SJ4695268338

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow at Wikipedia
• St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow official website
• Wikidata Q7592595

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)