St Barnabas' Church is a
redundant Anglican
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church in Sibell Street,
Chester
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,
Cheshire
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, England. It is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II
listed building. It was originally built as a mission church, financed from public subscription, to serve the workers living near
Chester railway station.
The church and the adjacent
curate
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
's house were designed by
John Douglas in 1877.
The church is built in brick with stone dressings. The house is also in brick with a
timber-framed front. Both have
slate
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d roofs. The church has a six-
bay
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