Church Of Saint Bartholomew

The Church of Saint Bartholomew is a Grade II* listed building located in Great Barrow. It features some late Medieval work in the north aisle, with the chancel dated 1671 for Dean Bridgeman, a tower dated 1744, and the remainder of the church completed in 1883 by architect John Douglas. The church is constructed of ashlar red sandstone and has a red tile roof.

The structure includes a 4-bay nave and north aisle, a south porch, a 3-bay chancel, and a 4-stage tower. The nave is adorned with 2 and 4-light rectangular windows, featuring two levels of round-headed lights under label mounds. The gabled porch has a 4-centred arched entrance with a cusped ogee-headed light above, and there is a Romanesque style doorway behind it. The chancel contains a single and a triple round-headed window, as well as a blocked, moulded 4-centred arched priest's doorway, which has a plaque above stating, "THIS CHANCEL WAS BUILT BY D HENRY BRIDGEMAN LORD BISHOP OF MAN DEAN OF CHESTER AND RECTOR OF BARROW 1671." The east window is pointed arched and has 4 lights with transoms.

The classical style tower features bands at each stage and semi-circular heads to the surrounds, which include raised quoining on the west door, the mullioned west window, and the louvred bell openings. A clock is located in the third stage, and a moulded cornice supports a ramped parapet that was formerly topped with large gadrooned urn finials, now collected at the base of the tower. There are two lead rainheads at the rear dated 1744, and on the south side, there is a large circular light with raised keyblocks.

Inside, the church has a 4-bay arcade with depressed 4-centred arches resting on octagonal piers. The chancel features a hammer beam truss with the Bridgeman arms on the bosses. Boards inside record the restoration of the chancel roof in 1807 by Hugh Cholmondely and the rebuilding that took place in 1883. The east window and the east window of the north aisle were designed by Kempe. Additionally, there is an octagonal font on an octagonal shaft with a lead bowl dated 1713.