Christ Church New Southgate & Friern Barnet

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Christ Church New Southgate & Friern Barnet

Christ Church New Southgate & Friern Barnet is a Baptist United Reform church in Friern Barnet, London. [1] The building is grade II listed with Historic England.

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History

This church was built in 1910 from designs by George Baines (1852–1934) for the Congregational Union in a perpendicular style using a greek cross floorplan. It features a tall, square tower in the south-west corner and has attached church rooms to the north. Its bulk materials were red brick, stone, white brick and terracotta dressings with coloured tile roofs. [2]

In 1941 the new minister of the church was Elsie Chamberlain. She would go on to be a leader in the church and to help found the Congregational Federation in 1972. [3]

References

  1. "CHRISTCHURCH NEW SOUTHGATE FRIERN BARNET". CHRIST CHURCH - BAPTIST/URC NEW SOUTHGATE/FRIERN BARNET.
  2. Historic England. "Christ Church, New Southgate and Friern Barnet (1244930)". National Heritage List for England .
  3. "Chamberlain [married name Garrington], Elsie Dorothea (1910–1991), Congregational minister and radio broadcaster" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39510. ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 1 October 2020.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

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