East Parley: St Barnabas
Overview
Grid reference: SZ 103 979
By George Edmund Street, 1862-3. Historically, the church is within the area of the Chapelry of Holdenhurst in the ancient parish of Christchurch, now (since local government reorganisation) in Dorset. It is the west facade which faces the road, and this is a picturesque composition with a big craggy chimney on the left such as Street and Butterfield delighted to produce; the chimney has two set-offs, and a moulded stone rim.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Aisleless nave and chancel virtually as one, with a sacristy on the north and a porch at the south-west.
Description of Archaeology and History
By George Edmund Street, 1862-3. Historically, the church is within the area of the Chapelry of Holdenhurst in the ancient parish of Christchurch, now (since local government reorganisation) in Dorset. Within the area of this hapelry the central and northern parts of the modern town of Bournemouth grew up. Canon Mordon Bennett, the celebrated mid-19th century Vicar of St. Peter's Bournemouth, was a great builder of chuches for the expanding population but this is the only one of his foundations to have survived in a rural setting.
Exterior Description
It is the west facade which faces the road, and this is a picturesque composition with a big craggy chimney on the left such as Street and Butterfield delighted to produce; the chimney has two set-offs, and a moulded stone rim. The facade is steeply gabled with twin rectangular ventilation openings in the gable, and below the plate- traceried west window with three trefoiled lights and three quatrefoils in the head, the middle one at the top placed cross-wise and the subsidiary onds placed on their sides. On the north is the lean- to sacristy with a further tall chimney at the east, and three dormer windows above as a kind of cherestory: these give this side of the building a pleasantly domestic character, and perhaps provide a clue to a possible alternative use. Towards the west in the north wall is a single-light window with a broad trefoiled head.
There are three pairs of trefoiled-headed windows, the heads and mullions being of stone; from this side the character of the steeply pitched tiled roof can be well appreciated, and the strong design of the ridge tiles of two alternating patterns. Towards the west the bell-cote, its single bell still visible, rises from the roof-ridge and is finished with an iron cross over the shingled spirelet. There is a gable cross at the east end of the chancel, also of iron. In the chancel south wall (and also in its north wall) is a sexfoiled circle; a nice subtlety is that round these circlets with sexfoils, and also in two tiers round the east window, is an edging of fine rubbed red brick. The east window has, like the west window, three big main lights but it has more interesting tracery: over the contre light is a large cinquefoil, flattened at the sides, and there are trefoils in circlets at the sides. All three main lights are cusped, and below the east window a moulded string course runs round the three chancel walls.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1918
East window depicting the Crucifixion. By Powell.
Building Materials
Brick
Bath Stone
Likely
Window tracery
Interior
Fixtures and fittings
Reredos
Stone
Churchyard
Grid reference: SZ 103 979
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
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.
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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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