St Stephen, Barbourne
St Stephen, Barbourne
St Stephen’s is a Grade II parish church on St Stephen’s Street, Barbourne, Worcester, in the Diocese of Worcester, built to serve the suburb north of the city in the ancient parish of Claines.
- Location
- Barbourne, Worcestershire
- Country
- England
- County
- Worcestershire
- City / town
- Barbourne
- Address
- St Stephen's Street, Barbourne, Worcestershire, WR3 7HS
- Postcode
- WR3 7HS
- Built
- 1861–62
- Consecrated
- 21 August 1862
- Architect
- Frederick Preedy
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Stephen
- Diocese
- Worcester
- Parish
- Worcester St Stephen
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Middle Pointed
- Materials
- Sandstone ashlar with plain tile roof
- Grid reference
- SO 846 568
- Opening hours
- The church is open to anyone on Thursdays and Saturdays from 10.30am until 12.30pm. Do call in for tea, coffee, conversation - or a few moments of quiet in the Lady Chapel.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Non-accessible toilets in church. Ramp or level access available on request
Overview
Historic England lists a church of 1861–62 in Middle Pointed style: sandstone ashlar with a plain tile roof, an aisled nave and chancel with north vestry and south Lady Chapel, and a three-stage tower set to the south-west. The listing names Charles Preedy, a Birmingham architect; contemporary bills for the church, certified on 18 July 1862, are signed by Frederick Preedy. The south porch has a pointed moulded arch on paired marble columns with stiff-leaf capitals. The west gable is lit by a four-light Decorated window above a gabled porch. Inside are Decorated arcades with foliate capitals, an open timber roof, and original pews, pulpit, stone font and choir fittings; stained glass to the north is probably by Hardman.
Chris Pickford records a large sandstone building with a pinnacled south-west tower, consecrated on 21 August 1862. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough supplied the original tower bell in 1862. A Joyce of Whitchurch clock with four dials was added in 1882.