Croydon St Barnabas Anglican church
Foundation stone 11 May 1929 by Bishop Arthur Nutter Thomas, architect Dean Berry, opened 28 Sep 1929, replacing 1905 mission church. WWI memorial window unveiled 1921 was transferred to new church.
“The wardens of St. Barnabas's Church, Croydon, have £1,000 in hand for a proposed new church, to be erected next the present mission hall.” [Register 19 Mar 1927]
“The proposed church at Croydon will be built of red sandstock bricks, with precast stone dressings to the windows, which will be filled with amber glass. A nave 25 ft. wide by 64 ft. long is flanked by aisles, separated from the main building by arcades. The nave is covered with a waggon roof of the Cornish or Devonshire type with richly carved bosses at the intersections of the ribs.” [Advertiser 11 May 1929]
Croydon St Barnabas Anglican church
Foundation stone 11 May 1929 by Bishop Arthur Nutter Thomas, architect Dean Berry, opened 28 Sep 1929, replacing 1905 mission church. WWI memorial window unveiled 1921 was transferred to new church.
“The wardens of St. Barnabas's Church, Croydon, have £1,000 in hand for a proposed new church, to be erected next the present mission hall.” [Register 19 Mar 1927]
“The proposed church at Croydon will be built of red sandstock bricks, with precast stone dressings to the windows, which will be filled with amber glass. A nave 25 ft. wide by 64 ft. long is flanked by aisles, separated from the main building by arcades. The nave is covered with a waggon roof of the Cornish or Devonshire type with richly carved bosses at the intersections of the ribs.” [Advertiser 11 May 1929]