South Lambeth: All Saints & Saint Barnabas
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 303 768
The building material employed in this church is Kentish Rag with dressings of Bath stone and roof coverings of slate. The west and principal facade is symmetrical, apart from a thin octagonal tower at the south side of the nave wall.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave, aisles and apsidal sanctuary.
Description of Archaeology and History
The architects of the church were Isaac Clarke and James Humphreys. The foundation stone was laid by Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, on Jay 27th 1848, and the building was consecrated in 1850.
Exterior Description
The building material employed in this church is Kentish Rag with dressings of Bath stone and roof coverings of slate.
The west and principal facade is symmetrical, apart from a thin octagonal tower at the south side of the nave wall. The nave wall itself is tall and gabled, with a central triple-shafted doorway, the gable of which obtrudes into the west window. This window is of four principal lights with two quatrefoils and a larger sexfoil in Geometrical tracery. In a roundel in the gable-head is a cusped Star of David. The central section of the west front is made to stand out from the flanking aisles by means of large angled buttresses. In addition, at the south-west corner of the nave, is the tall octagonal tower with an open bell-stage and a spirelet. The west walls of the aisles have three-light windows with Geometrical tracery and above the windows are small segmental-sided triangles.
Both aisles are articulated by two-light windows with plate tracery alternating with single-stepped buttresses. The clerestory is very small, and again has two - light windows, although here the windows have trefoils rather than quatrefoils in the heads. At the east end is the polygonal apse with tall two-light windows in each side.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
The glass in the east window is of fair quality, and is mostly in the form of medallionswith biblical scenes.
Interior
Interior Description
Inside the building the reason for the extremely small clerestory becomes apparent, for the nave arcades are very tall - extending upwards for perhaps two-thirds of the height of the church. The arcades are of six bays, the tall pointed arches resting on columns which are alternately octagonal and cylindrical, with narrow foliage capitals and moulded abaci. A heavy string-course divides the arcades on each side from the clerestory above where the small windows have rere-arches with single attached shafts. The timber roof is of the hammer-beam type with stilted arch-braces which support trusses with king-posts. The aisles have lean-to roofs, and the aisle windows also have rere-arches.
The chancel is formed within the two easternmost bays of the nave, with the organ on the northern side and a lady altar on the south. A tall multiple-moulded arch in the east wall of the nave opens into the sanctuary which is polygonal. Round the wall of the sanctuary, beneath the windows, runs a blind arcade with trefoil-headed arches and with inverted trefoils in the spandrels. The tall windows are set beneath pointed arches supported on tall shafts which run up from the floor at each angle of the wall. Presumably the arches are intended to give the illusion that the sanctuary has a vaulted roof, whereas in fact it has a flat ceiling. The space between the windows and the arches above is filled with painted decoration, including small sections of imitation fan-vaulting.
Fixtures and fittings
Organ (object)
1878
Three manual organ built by Hunter in 1878. of Clapham. The instrument was originally in the church of All Saints„.Lambeth and was removed thence after the Blitz.
Pulpit
A tall wooden pulpit on a substantial moulded stone plinth. The pulpit is octagonaland the sides are pierced with twin openings, with the exception of one which has the carved figure of a Bishop about 18" high. The pulpit came from the church of St. Augustine's, Clapham Road.
Font (object)
At the west end of the nave is an octagonal stone font on a moulded base.
Lectern
A brass eagle lectern.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 303 768
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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