Barnes Methodist Church is a
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...
church in Station Road,
Barnes, London. It is affiliated with the
Churches Together in Barnes and Churches Together in
Mortlake and
East Sheen
East Sheen, also known as Sheen, is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Its long high street has shops, offices, restaurants, cafés, pubs and suburban supermarkets and is also the economic hub for Mort ...
.
History
The building, in red brick, dates from 1906.
It was founded as a
Wesleyan
Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan– Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles W ...
church,
superseding a Wesleyan chapel standing between nos. 77 and 79 White Hart Lane.
That building is now
Barnes Healing Church.
The church was designed by
William James Morley
William James Morley FRIBA (1847 – 16 March 1930) was an English architect who practised from offices in Bolton, Greater Manchester and Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Career
He was born in 1847 in Heaton, West Yorkshire, the son of George M ...
(1847–1930)
and his son Eric (born 1884
), who became a partner of the
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
architectural firm W J Morley & Son in 1901.
Church services were originally held on the ground floor, with gallery space above. Renovations undertaken in 2005 by architect David Ensom split the space into two floors. Services are now held on the first floor, and the ground level has meeting rooms, a kitchen, offices and
lavatories. The two spaces are connected by stairs and a
lift.
Services
Services are held on Sunday mornings and, twice a month, on Sunday evenings.
During every Sunday morning service there is a Junior Church option for children and also a
creche.
Music
The church has a
Bechstein grand piano, which enables the building to be used as a concert venue,
and a Bevington pipe organ, purchased in 1926.
References
Further reading
*''The Church by the Pond: The First 100 Years of Barnes Methodist Church 1906–2006'', The Methodist Church by Barnes Pond (2006)
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Methodist Church by Barnes Pond, The
1906 establishments in England
Churches in Barnes, London
Methodist churches in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Music in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames