St Barnabas, Bredbury
St Barnabas, Bredbury
St Barnabas is a mid-twentieth-century Church of England parish church on Osborne Street, Lower Bredbury, Greater Manchester, in the Diocese of Chester and the Deanery of Chadkirk.
- Location
- Bredbury, Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- County
- Greater Manchester
- City / town
- Bredbury
- Address
- Osborne Street, Bredbury, Greater Manchester, SK6 2DA
- Postcode
- SK6 2DA
- Built
- 1953 (present building); mission at Bredbury Hall from 1943
- Consecrated
- 27 March 1954
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Barnabas
- Diocese
- Chester
- Parish
- Bredbury St Barnabas
- Style
- Mid-20th-century parish church with pitched roof
- Opening hours
- 10am to 12noon Monday morning. 8.30am to 9am Tuesday morning. 10am to 12noon Friday morning. 12noon to 3pm First Friday of the month. If you would like to visit any other time, a key can be accessed via the Vicarage next door to the church.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas
Overview
The parish website and GENUKI record that St Barnabas has served Lower Bredbury since 1943 as a daughter church of St Mark, Bredbury. Wikipedia states that in 1942 the Diocese of Chester bought Bredbury Hall and its grounds as a mission church and social centre; on 16 May 1943 the Bishop of Chester dedicated an altar in a room of the hall. The present church was built nearby in 1953 and dedicated to St Barnabas by the Bishop of Chester on 27 March 1954; Bredbury Hall was then sold. In 1983 the church became an independent parish in its own right.
The National Churches Trust describes a modern building with a pitched roof and an open sanctuary, a stained-glass east window as the focal point, and a movable hand-crafted communion table. The church is not on the National Heritage List for England. Regular community use includes a Friday cafe; a key is available from the vicarage next door outside advertised opening times.