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| Trinity Church, Barrow-in-Furness | ||
| Trinity Church | ||
| Trinity Presbyterian Church | ||
| Street:- | School Street | |
| locality:- | Barrow-in-Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | church (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | SD20096921 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2069 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 21 12) placename:- Trinity Church |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Presbyterian Church |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / / SCHOOL STREET / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388592 / SD2011369221" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "A two-storey Presbyterian Church built in the Romanesque style between 1873-75 to a design by E.G. Paley and H.J. Austin." "MATERIALS: Rock-faced limestone with red sandstone dressings beneath fire-damaged graduated slate roofs." "PLAN: The church is sub-rectangular in plan with a rear apse." "EXTERIOR: The main front W façade is of 5 bays and contains a square tower set forward on the left and an apsidal projection set back against the right return. There is a central doorway with a quoined surround with flanking shafts and a segmental head beneath a round-arched tympanum with a hoodmould. To either side of the doorway there are round-arched windows linked by an impost band and hoodmoulds. There is a tall buttress on the right at the junction of the apsidal projection. There are matching round-arched doorways to bays 1 and 5. There is a 1st floor band then a moulded sill band to 2 pairs of windows with shafts and hoodmoulds. The square tower and apsidal projection have single-light windows. The gable has an octafoil rose window, ashlar banding and copings. The square tower terminates in a shallow pyramidal roof. Roofs to the apsidal projection and the main body of the church are fire damaged. N and S façades have 6:1 bays with 1-light windows to the ground floor and paired windows above. Steps lead to a square-headed doorway at the north east corner. The rear apse has 1-light windows to both floors beneath a conical roof. There is a 3-flue stack to the main gable." "INTERIOR: Severely fire-damaged. There is a U-shaped gallery on ribbed cast iron columns with remains of a staircase at the W end. The sides of the gallery have wooden arcading. Some arch-braced tie-beam trusses survive." "HISTORY: The Presbyterian Church was built between 1873-75 to a design by the architects E.G. Paley and H.J. Austin. The building ceased to function as a church in the late C20 and was subsequently used as a warehouse for storage purposes. In 2005 a serious fire damaged the building's interior leading to substantial internal damage, the loss of decorative finishes and much of the roof covering." "SOURCES:" "Listed building description: School Street (North East Side) Presbyterian Church. SD26NW. 708-1/6/132. 06/05/76." "SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: A Victorian church built between 1873-75 to a design by the eminent church architects E.G. Paley and H.J. Austin. Constructed in the Romanesque style, this handsome and imposing church provides a striking focus within its residential setting, and demonstrates a high quality of design and workmanship. Despite a fire in 2005 which damaged the structure's interior, the building's exterior remains remarkably undamaged." |
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