St Barnabas' Church, Dulwich, is the parish church of

Dulwich Dulwich (; ) is an area in south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth, and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, and the Southwark half ...

, a district of

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

which forms part of the

London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark ( ) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas ...

. The church is dedicated to

Barnabas Barnabas (; arc, ܒܪܢܒܐ; grc, Βαρνάβας), born Joseph () or Joses (), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Name ...

, one of the disciples. The original church was built in 1892–95, as the parish church for the new Parish of Dulwich, today known as the ''Parish of St Barnabas with Christ's Chapel, Dulwich''. It remains one of two churches in the parish of Dulwich in the Archdeaconry of Southwark, more formally known as the ''Parish of St Barnabas with Christ's Chapel'', together with the

Christ's Chapel of God's Gift Christ's Chapel of God's Gift is a church in Dulwich, a district of London, within the College of God's Gift complex. It was consecrated in 1616 by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, as the centre of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift ...

. The church was destroyed by fire on 7 December 1992, and the ruins were demolished in early 1993. It was rebuilt in 1995–96, designed by the American architect's firm HOK. The stained glass was designed and installed by Caroline Swash, with a grant from Arts Council England.

Gallery

File:St Barnabas Church, Dulwich, late 19th century.jpg , The old St Barnabas church, before the tower was built File:St Barnabas Church, Dulwich, early 20th century.jpg, The old St Barnabas church, after the building of the tower in 1904 File:St. Barnabas Church, Dulwich, OLIVER, LEESON and WOOD, Architects. Tower, Side Screen to Chancel.jpg, The inside of the church in 1908

References

External links

St Barnabas' Church website
{{Churches in Southwark

Rebuilt churches in the United Kingdom 19th-century Church of England church buildings Churches completed in 1844