Church of St Barnabas
CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS, KENTISH TOWN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379241
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jan-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Barnabas
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS, KENTISH TOWN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379241
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jan-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Barnabas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS, KENTISH TOWN ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS, KENTISH TOWN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 28982 84599
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2884NE KENTISH TOWN ROAD
798-1/54/969 (East side)
Church of St Barnabas
II
Church, now Greek Orthodox church. 1884-5 by Ewan Christian;
redecorated 1900; redecorated late C20. Stock brick with stone
dressings and thin red brick bands. Slated pitched roofs with
red tile cresting and stepped brick eaves cornice to nave and
aisles of almost the same height.
STYLE: C13 Gothic style with late C20 Byzantine style painting
to roofs and nave arcades.
PLAN: 4 bay aisled nave and apsidal chancel.
EXTERIOR: gabled west front with central pointed arch entrance
below a 3-light plate tracery rose window; coped gable with
horizontal stone blocks. On left hand angle, a polygonal full
height bell tower with arrow slit windows and stone belfry
with shaped openings and small spire. Both aisles recessed.
South aisle with 2-light plate tracery window above a
rectangular 3-light porch set in the angle; return with
entrance in porch and two 3-light and one 2-light plate
tracery windows. North aisle similar but with apse in angle
and apsidal east end. Chancel lit by 5 large lancets.
INTERIOR: with barrel-vaulted roof to nave and vaulted
chancel, all now painted in Byzantine style, chancel with the
Virgin Hodegetria and nave with panelled scenes from the life
of Christ and a frieze of apostles. Nave arcades of wide
pointed arches on plain columns with octagonal capitals;
spandrels painted with angels and Biblical figures. Original
western gallery with concave balustrade.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this building was let to the Greek Orthodox
Church in 1957.
Listing NGR: TQ2898284599
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478609
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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