St Barnabas Bethnal Green

St Barnabas Bethnal Green is a late 19th-century church in Bow[1] in London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London.[2] The church is at the junction of Roman Road and Grove Road in the Bow West ward of London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

St Barnabas Bethnal Green
Church of St Barnabas Bethnal Green
LocationGrove Road, Bow, Tower Hamlets, London E3 5TG
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websitewww.stbarnabasbethnalgreen.org
Administration
DeaneryTower Hamlets
ArchdeaconryHackney
DioceseLondon
Interior of the church

History of the building

The building was initially built in 1865 as a Baptist chapel, to a design by William Wigginton, but was consecrated for the Church of England in 1870. It was built in a Gothic Revival style, built in yellow brick, banded with red and black.[3]

The church was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War.[3] Following the end of the war the steeple was removed and the church rebuilt, retaining the tower and north and south walls.[3] This remodelling was carried out by J Anthony Lewis of architects Michael Tapper & Lewis, who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter to create "The Four Evangelists" on the outside of the building (c.1957).[4] Potter also created a font in Clipsham stone.[5][6]

Activities

The PCC of St Barnabas Bethnal Green supports the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement and is only the second congregation to have affiliated as a body.[7]

From 2003 to 2012, the church played a key role in St Barnabas Community Fete (also known as Bowstock), whose director was the church's vicar, Father Brian Ralph.[8]

References
  1. "Roman Road Bow". www.towerhamlets.gov.uk.
  2. "St Barnabas Bethnal Green, Bow". The Church of England. Retrieved 20 September 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. "Bethnal Green: List of Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green. 1998. pp. 217–26.
  4. Light, Vivienne (2002). Don Potter: an inspiring century. Brook, New Forest, Hampshire: Canterton Books. p. 166, note 9: 'Don received several London commissions from the architect, Anthony Lewis.'. ISBN 0-9541627-1-4.
  5. Light (2002), p.166
  6. Lewis and Don Potter also worked on St Matthew Bethnal Green.
  7. "Saint Barnabas, Bethnal Green". Changing Attitude England. Retrieved 20 September 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. "Living Britain: How Britain's towns and cities are undergoing cultural revival" (PDF). Zurich. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

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