St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon

St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon
St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon, from the southeast
St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon Location in Cumbria
Coordinates: 54°14′11″N 2°34′06″W / 54.2365°N 2.5684°W / 54.2365; -2.5684
OS grid reference	SD 631,825
Location	Barbon, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Bartholomew, Barbon
History
Dedication	Saint Bartholomew
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	21 February 1989
Architect(s)	Paley, Austin and Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1892
Completed	1893
Specifications
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Kirby Lonsdale
Deanery	Kendal
Archdeaconry	Westmorland and Furness
Diocese	Carlisle
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Richard John Snow

St Bartholomew's Church is in the village of Barbon, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary the Virgin, Kirkby Lonsdale, Holy Trinity, Casterton, St John the Divine, Hutton Roof, All Saints, Lupton, St Peter, Mansergh, and the Holy Ghost, Middleton, to form the Kirkby Lonsdale Team Ministry. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade  II* listed building.

The present church stands slightly to the south of a former chapel of ease that was in existence by 1610. This was rebuilt in 1815, but all that remains of it is a porch to the north of the present church, which is used as a shed. St Bartholomew's was built in 1892–93, and designed by the Lancaster firm of architects, Paley, Austin and Paley. The church cost £3,000 (equivalent to £400,000 in 2015).

The church is constructed in stone, with stone-slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, two-bay north and south aisles, a south porch, a south transept, a north organ loft and vestry, and a chancel. A tower stands on the crossing. The architectural style of the church is Perpendicular, freely expressed. The aisle windows have two or three lights, The window in the transept has two lights, and that in the organ loft has three lights. There is a three-light west window, and in the chancel is a five-light east window, and a two-light window on the south side. The south porch is gabled with a three-centred arch, above which is a niche containing a statue. On the southeast corner of the tower is a square stair turret. On the west side of the tower is a single-light window, with a clock face above it. The three-light bell openings are louvred. The parapet is embattled, and on top of the tower is a pyramidal roof surmounted by a tall cross.