The church is a Grade II listed building and the people of Barnsley have worshipped here for over 100 years.
Barnsley, Yorkshire
It was built by Edward George Lancaster JP in a quiet style of the early English period.
The church consists of a nave (70 feet long) with north and south aisles. The nave is divided from the aisles by granite columns in four bays and the open timbered roof is of pitched pine. The chancel is 40 feet in length and 20 feet wide. The church cost approximately £30,000 to build. It was consecrated on 13 November 1902 by the Bishop of Wakefield.
There are lots of things to see in St Edwards. These include the carved font and pulpit, which complement each other beautifully. The magnificent west window was installed in 1936. It has five lancet shaped lights and nine tracery lights, and shows the ship of the church approaching land and the shore of the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. The tracery at the top features the signs of the zodiac and the sun and moon.
There is a carved reredos made from polished English alabaster and marble from Connemara (Ireland) and Castellino (Tuscany).
The Lady Chapel was dedicated in 1910. It contains a lovely reredos portraying ‘The Last Supper’ in painted glass tiles. The oak altar, carving and oak paneling was created by a Churchwarden.
Barnsley, Yorkshire
Visitors to Holy Rood are often caught quite unawares by their first sight of the interior where a wealth of brick, marble and wood, convey a sense of splendour and dignity, in direct contrast to the exterior which is plain and almost unadorned.
Barnsley, Yorkshire
The church was built in 1825, with seating for 350 people, a schoolroom and classrooms that were opened later, in 1852. It was built as an impressive town centre Congregational Chapel.
Barnsley, Yorkshire
St Mary's is the civic church of Barnsley and provides a place of worship, peace and quiet in the town centre.
