St Barnabas Church is an heritage-listed

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located in Roseneath,

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. The building was registered by

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as a Category 2 Historic Place on 25 November 1982, with registration number 1421. The timber church was designed by Joshua Charlesworth in the

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style and opened in 1899. It suffered fire damage in 1924 and the repairs were designed by

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. de Jersey Clere also designed the belfry in 1910. The church is part of the parish of Roseneath and Oriental Bay in the

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