Church of St Barnabas is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Barnabas
- WRENN ID
- guardian-quartz-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wandsworth
- Constituency
- Battersea MP: Marsha De Cordova (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1971
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Barnabas, Lavender Gardens Sw11
- OS grid reference
- TQ 278 752
- Coordinates
- 51.46142, -0.16099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Barnabas, located in Lavender Gardens, was built in 1879 by W Bassett Smith. This church is designed in the Decorated Gothic style and features a nave and aisles, with a pinnacled tower at the west end of the south aisle. It is constructed from ragstone with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs adorned with cresting tiles. Inside, the church is finished in yellow brick with bands of red. A notable interior feature is the stone and alabaster reredos created by Thomas Rudge of Clapham Common. Additionally, there is a two-light window by Clayton and Bell dedicated to the memory of the architect. The church serves as an important visual landmark at the north-west corner of Clapham Common.
Local climate
Church of St Barnabas sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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