Holy Rood Church, Barnsley
| Holy Rood Church | |
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| 53°33′03″N 1°29′03″W / 53.5507°N 1.4841°W | |
| OS grid reference | SE3427906132 |
| Location | Barnsley |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | CatholicBarnsley.co.uk |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Dedication | Feast of the Cross |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Designated | 13 January 1986[1] |
| Architect(s) | Edward Simpson |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Liverpool |
| Diocese | Hallam |
| Deanery | Barnsley[2] |
| Parish | Holy Rood, Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady & St James |
Holy Rood Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1905. It is situated on the corner of Castlereagh Street and George Street, next to West Way in the town centre. It was designed by Edward Simpson and is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
Foundation
In 1800, forty Catholics led by William Rigby met Fr Vincent Louis Dennis, a French priest who was in the area to tutor to the children of John Payne, the owner of Newhill Hall in Wath-upon-Dearne, who agreed to serve the local Catholic community. Fr Dennis died in 1819, but in 1822, the local congregation laid the foundations for a church. In 1824, the church was built.[3]
With the congregation increasing in number, a larger church was needed. A new one was opened in 1832. There was a floor beneath the church that accommodated a schoolroom. In 1859, the school moved out to a new building on Dodworth Road and then in 1977, it moved to its current site on Shaw Street.[3]
Construction
In 1905, the present church was opened. It was designed by Bradford architects Edward Simpson and his son Charles Simpson.[1]
The church is in the Late Victorian Gothic style, with a Welsh slate roof and a tower to the north-west of the building. The tower is square at its base and then becomes octagonal. The spire is stone and has gargoyles around it. The baptistry is to the south-west of the nave and has five sides.[1]
Inside the church there are two marble sculptures of a Pietà and Saint Patrick, and two more stone sculptures of Saint Michael and Saint Anthony. Above these sculptures there is a frieze with the stations of cross inset into it. There is an organ gallery at back of the church and a lady chapel in the south part of the church.[1]
Parish
The church is part of the same parish as the Blessed Sacrament Church in Athersley and Our Lady and St James Church in Worsbrough. Our Lady and St James Church in Worsbrough was built in 1902 and designed by T. H. and F. Healey of Bradford who also designed St Luke's Church in Broomfields and St Bartholomew's Church in Ripley Ville. It was initially an Anglican church and dedicated to just Saint James. After it became disused, it was sold to the local Catholics and they rededicated it to Our Lady and St James. It is a Grade II listed building.[4]
Holy Rood Church has two Sunday Masses at 9:30am and 11:15am. Blessed Sacrament Church has a Sunday Mass at 11:00am and Our Lady and St James Church has its Sunday Masses at 6:00pm on Saturday evening and at 10:00am on Monday morning.
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Blessed Sacrament Church, Athersley -
Our Lady and St James Church, Worsbrough
See also
Media related to Holy Rood Church, Barnsley at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Our Lady and St James Church, Worsbrough at Wikimedia Commons
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam
References
- ^ a b c d e Church of the Holy Rood (Roman Catholic), Barnsley from British listed buildings, retrieved 22 December 2015
- ^ Deaneries from Diocese of Hallam, retrieved 22 December 2015
- ^ a b History from CatholicBarnsley.co.uk, retrieved 22 December 2015
- ^ Church of Our Lady and St James, Worsbrough from British listed buildings, retrieved 22 December 2015