Church Of St Barnabas

SWANMORE CHURCH ROAD SU 51 NE 4/34 Church of St Barnabas II

Parish church. 1844, neo-Norman by Ferrey, with chancel extended and vestry of 1863, north aisle tower and west windows of 1876. Walls of coursed flintwork with stone dressings; plinth, main flat buttresses, cill band, intermediate flat buttresses, corbel table, round-arched openings and impost bands; the chancel lacks the buttresses and is apsidal. The west windows are triple lancets (nave) and triple lancets within plate tracery with roundels (south aisle). The tower is plain, with thin lancets, a timber framed arcade to the bell stage, and a pyramid shingled spire; it acts as a north porch, with a pointed arched entrance, and there is a half-octagonal staircase in the centre of the east face. The interior is plain, with Victorian fittings, including a square font on pillars, and an elaborate octagonal pulpit of coloured marble.

Listing NGR: SU5849016240