St Barnabas' Church, Lenton Abbey

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St. Barnabas’ Church, Lenton Abbey
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Coordinates: 52°56′20″N1°12′45″W / 52.93889°N 1.21250°W / 52.93889; -1.21250
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
Website www.stbarnabaslentonabbey.co.uk
History
Dedication St. Barnabas
Architecture
Architect(s) Thomas Cecil Howitt
Completed 1938
Administration
Parish Lenton Abbey
Diocese Diocese of Southwell
Province York

St. Barnabas’ Church is a Church of England church in Lenton Abbey, Nottingham. [1]

Church of England Anglican state church of England

The Church of England is the established church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior cleric, although the monarch is the supreme governor. The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the third century, and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury.

Lenton Abbey

Lenton Abbey is a large housing estate, forming a neighbourhood in Nottingham, close to Wollaton, Beeston and the University of Nottingham.

Nottingham City and unitary authority area in England

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, 128 miles (206 km) north of London, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Birmingham and 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Manchester, in the East Midlands.

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History

St. Barnabas’ Church was constructed at the request of the earliest residents of the newly built Lenton Abbey housing estate [2] and was designed by the architect Thomas Cecil Howitt. At the start of construction, a box containing coins, copies of the plans and Nottingham newspapers of the day were placed under the foundation stone. It was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Henry Mosley the Bishop of Southwell on 25 July 1938. Initially it was a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity Church, Lenton, but on 25 July 1955 it became a parish in its own right. From 1977, the vicar of St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park had responsibility for St. Barnabas’ parish, but now the vicar of Christ Church, Chilwell has custody of the parish.

Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE was a British provincial architect of the 20th Century. Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingham, Baskerville House in Birmingham, Newport Civic Centre, and several Odeon cinemas. Howitt’s chief architectural legacies are in his home city of Nottingham. He was Housing Architect for the City Council, designing municipal housing estates which are often considered to be among the finest in terms of planning in the country.

Henry Mosley (1868–1948) was an Anglican cleric who was Bishop of Stepney from 1919 to 1928 and Bishop of Southwell from 1928 to 1941.

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton Church

Holy Trinity Church, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England.

Organ

The 2 manual pipe organ dates from 1938 and was manufactured by William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Limited were a major pipe organ manufacturer originally based in Norfolk.

List of organists

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References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. ↑ "St Barnabas Lenton Abbey Nottingham". stbarnabaslentonabbey.co.uk. Nottingham: St. Barnabas’ Church. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 21 January 1941
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