Former Church Of St Barnabas And Curates House

The former Church of St Barnabas and Curate’s House, now offices, was built between 1877 and 1878 by the architect John Douglas. It was designed as a mission church and curate's house to serve the workers' suburb next to the railway and Chester Station.

The church is constructed of brick with stone detailing and has a slate roof. The west front gable has a blocked window, triangular buttresses, and a plastered apex dated 1877. Above this is a timber-framed fleche topped with a ball and cross. The south side features four camber-arched windows with damaged leaded glazing, an added timber-framed porch with leaded glazing, two leaded casements east of the porch, and three slate-cheeked dormers in the roof slope. The east end has three leaded lancet windows. The north vestry has a leaded camber-arched cross-window, and the north transept has a triple leaded lancet window, two leaded casements, and a doorway to the west. Two leaded windows are located on the north side of the nave, and roof lights have been inserted. The interior has simple king post trusses, and an early 19th century panel of German stained and painted glass is in the east window. A roofed lobby connects the church to the curate’s house, providing an archway to the rear yard.

The curate’s house is of timber-frame construction with a brick gable to the left and a lower stair wing to the right. It has a sill band and a window of five basket-arched lights on the front, with upper panes leaded. The stair window has four basket-arched leaded lights. The upper storey of the gable has timber framing, with a window of six 8-pane lights projecting from the wall face and supported by three shaped brackets above four small-framed panels. Corner colonnettes frame the window, with a diagonally-braced panel on each side. The gable apex is plastered and dated 1877, and the projecting eaves are held up by quadrant brackets. The stair-bay has a hipped roof with exposed rafters at the eaves. The rear of the house features a lean-to outshut with a boarded door, a boarded door in the stair wing, and casements with segmental arched heads. The interior of the house was not inspected. The building was vacant at the time of survey in April 1992.