The Barn Church, Kew
| The Barn Church, Kew | |
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| St. Philip and All Saints North Sheen | |
The Barn Church, Kew
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedication | 4 February 1929 |
| Consecrated | 1 May 1928 |
| Associated people | Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley; David Frayne, Dr Cyril Garbett; Mrs Philip Hoare; Cecily and Uvedale Lambert |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Edward Swan |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | brick, timber |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Kew, St Philip & All Saints |
| Diocese | SOUTHWARK |
| Division | Wandsworth Archdeanery |
| Subdivision | Richmond & Barnes Deanery |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Christopher Chessun |
| Vicar(s) | Rev. Peter Hart |
| Archdeacon | Stephen Roberts |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Richard Austen |
| Organist(s) | Alban Clark |
| Churchwarden(s) | Robin Hancock |
| Flower guild | Ann Jeffries |
| Parish administrator | Guinevere Duff |
The Barn Church, Kew, formally known as St Philip and All Saints, is the first barn church to be consecrated in England. The building, which is not listed, is on the corner of Atwood Avenue and Marksbury Avenue, in an area previously known as North Sheen and now in Kew, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was constructed in 1929 from a 17th (or possibly 16th) century barn from Oxted in Surrey. The west end was converted in 2002 into a large parish room with a gallery above looking down the length of the building. The sanctuary was refurbished and remodelled in 1998.
St Philip and All Saints is part of a joint parish with St Luke's Church, Kew, under the same vicar, Peter Hart. It is a member of the Anglican Communion and Church of England and, locally, is part of Churches Together in Kew. The parish is almost entirely residential and many of the residents work in central London.
The church has a service of worship on Sundays at 9.30 a.m.
The church and adjacent hall (built in 1967) are a hub for the local neighbourhood as there are few other community facilities in the area. A number of children's activities, including a nursery school, a parent and toddler group and ballet classes, are held there.
The parish publishes a magazine, The Link.
Before St Philip and All Saints was built, local Anglicans worshipped at St Peter's, a hall erected in 1910 on the corner of Marksbury Avenue and Chilton Road. The hall was demolished in the 1990s and a block of sheltered housing (St Philip’s Court) now stands on the site.
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