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St Barnabas Bethnal Green is a late 19th-century
A Church Near You: St Barnabas Bethnal Green
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Barnabass Bethnal Green Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 19th-century Church of England church buildings Diocese of London Bow, London
St Barnabas Bethnal Green is a late 19th-century church
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in Bow in London
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, England
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. It is an Anglican
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church in the Diocese of London
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. The church is at the junction of Roman Road and Grove Road in the Bow West ward
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of London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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.
History of the building
The building was initially built in 1865 as a Baptist chapel, to a design byWilliam Wigginton
William Wigginton (1826–1890) was an English architect. Born in Eton, Berkshire, he worked in Derby and Dudley before moving to London in 1860. He published proposals for working-class housing, and designed several Gothic Revival churches in Lo ...
, but was consecrated for the Church of England in 1870. It was built in a Gothic Revival style, built in yellow brick, banded with red and black.
The church was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War. Following the end of the war the steeple was removed and the church rebuilt, retaining the tower and north and south walls. This remodelling was carried out by J Anthony Lewis of architects Michael Tapper & Lewis, who commissioned the sculptor Don Potter
Donald Steele Potter (21 April 1902 – 7 June 2004) was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher.
Don Potter was born in Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent, the son of a school teacher, and attended a private school. He joined t ...
to create "The Four Evangelists" on the outside of the building (c.1957). Potter also created a font in Clipsham stone
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.
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of St Barnabas Bethnal Green supports the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement
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and is only the second congregation to have affiliated as a body.
From 2003 to 2012, the church played a key role in St Barnabas Community Fete (also known as Bowstock), whose director was the church's vicar
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, Father Brian Ralph.
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*A Church Near You: St Barnabas Bethnal Green
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Barnabass Bethnal Green Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 19th-century Church of England church buildings Diocese of London Bow, London