St Barnabas' Church is a redundant

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church in Sibell Street,

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, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was originally built as a mission church, financed from public subscription, to serve the workers living near Chester railway station. The church and the adjacent

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's house were designed by John Douglas in 1877. The church is built in brick with stone dressings. The house is also in brick with a timber-framed front. Both have

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d roofs. The church has a six-

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nave which is continuous with a one-bay chancel. There is a two-bay north transept with an attached eastern vestry, a west porch and an octagonal northwest

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. On the roof is a flèche surmounted by ball and cross. Between the church and the curate's house is a roofed lobby. From 1985 to 1987 the church was used by the

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parish of St Barbara's before the community moved due to the dilapidated state of the building.Saint Barbara's - Home
retrieved 15 December 2017 The church has subsequently been used as offices.

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