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Barrow-in-Furness – St Columba

Presbytery: 13 Margate Street, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 3AF. Church is in Bristol Street, Barrow Island.

Post-war red brick church, with a raised ‘bellcote’ incorporating a Celtic cross.

Extensive terraced housing for shipyard workers was built on Walney Island, which lies a short distance from the mainland, across the Walney Channel. The present school building was built in about 1916, a small building attached to this serving as a church. The parish was erected in 1949 and the present larger church built in 1957-58, possibly from designs by Cruickshank & Seward of Manchester. The builder was Charles MacWilliams and the estimated cost £24,000 (Barrow News, 21 June 1957). Funds were raised for the altar and Stations of the Cross by the Knights of St Columba.

Description

A fairly large red brick church, slate roof. Continuous ridge. Western porch and large narrow west window framed by piers which continue up to a small open gable housing a Celtic cross. Interior not inspected.

Entry amended by AHP 8.10.2026

Heritage Details

Architect: Cruickshank & Seward (unconfirmed)

Original Date: 1958

Conservation Area: No

Listed Grade: Not Listed