St Andrew’s Church Barrow Hill
The foundation stone was formally laid the 22nd September 1894, the church being already half built. The stone was laid by the then Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Crompton. The church was designed by Raymond Unwin, an engineering draughtsman with the Staveley Works, the interior being by Barry Parker.
The Church is of red brick, roofed with tiles, and could accommodate 300 people. It was fitted with low pressure water pipes and lighted by gas. Local materials were used both internally and externally and local skills were employed to reflect the work culture of the area.
Barry Parker also designed a reredos for the east wall. The original design did not meet with the committee’s approval and was modified to represent vine leaves and corn. Unwin then made the mosaic by placing glass cubes on Parkers design and gave the finished piece to the church as a personal gift.
The stained-glass windows at the east end of the church represent the feeding of the multitude by Shrigley and Hunt. Two smaller windows also by Shrigley and Hunt contain images of St Peter and St Andrew. There is also a window with the image of St Nicholas inscribed “by William Morris and Co Westminster.
The church was dedicated to St Andrew on the 29th November 1895.
The congregation flourished in its new building and, for 33 years Saint Andrew’s continued as a daughter church of Staveley Parish Church. In 1928 the Parish of Barrow Hill with Hollingwood was created to accommodate the population of Barrow Hill and Hollingwood.
In 1926 major alterations to the building were made, a new organ chamber over the porch and baptistry and a low balcony carried out in oak. The Holt organ was mover to its new position, the choir seats re-sited on the balcony and the old organ chamber became a chapel. The sanctuary had a new quarry tiled floor and steps leading up to the high altar. The new oak altar was made at the Staveley Works joinery shop and incorporated a cast iron plaque of the Last Supper, the original altar was moved to the Lady Chapel.
The Holt Organ was purpose built by William Holt (Leeds), at a cost of £200, for the public hall in the new Barrow Hill Schools and transferred from the school to the church in 1985.
The foundation stone was formally laid the 22nd September 1894, the church being already half built. The stone was laid by the then Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Crompton. The church was designed by Raymond Unwin, an engineering draughtsman with the Staveley Works, the interior being by Barry Parker.
The Church is of red brick, roofed with tiles, and could accommodate 300 people. It was fitted with low pressure water pipes and lighted by gas. Local materials were used both internally and externally and local skills were employed to reflect the work culture of the area.
Barry Parker also designed a reredos for the east wall. The original design did not meet with the committee’s approval and was modified to represent vine leaves and corn. Unwin then made the mosaic by placing glass cubes on Parkers design and gave the finished piece to the church as a personal gift.
The stained-glass windows at the east end of the church represent the feeding of the multitude by Shrigley and Hunt. Two smaller windows also by Shrigley and Hunt contain images of St Peter and St Andrew. There is also a window with the image of St Nicholas inscribed “by William Morris and Co Westminster.
The church was dedicated to St Andrew on the 29th November 1895.
The congregation flourished in its new building and, for 33 years Saint Andrew’s continued as a daughter church of Staveley Parish Church. In 1928 the Parish of Barrow Hill with Hollingwood was created to accommodate the population of Barrow Hill and Hollingwood.
In 1926 major alterations to the building were made, a new organ chamber over the porch and baptistry and a low balcony carried out in oak. The Holt organ was mover to its new position, the choir seats re-sited on the balcony and the old organ chamber became a chapel. The sanctuary had a new quarry tiled floor and steps leading up to the high altar. The new oak altar was made at the Staveley Works joinery shop and incorporated a cast iron plaque of the Last Supper, the original altar was moved to the Lady Chapel.
The Holt Organ was purpose built by William Holt (Leeds), at a cost of £200, for the public hall in the new Barrow Hill Schools and transferred from the school to the church in 1985.
