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St George's Church, Barrow-in-Furness

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being carved with foliage. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1951 and was designed by A. F. Erridge of Whipple and Company. Also in the church is stained glass by
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was increased in size, being made higher and longer. In the Ramsden Chapel seating was added for use in civic occasions. This work was carried out by the partnership of
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to be the parish church in the developing town of Barrow-in-Furness. However it was left in a peripheral position as the town grew away from it, and especially when the
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was added in 1867 by Paley, increasing the seating capacity to nearly 1,000. In 1883 the Ramsden Chapel was added, and the
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dressings; the roofs are slated. The slate came from the Duke of Devonshire's quarries at Kirkby, and the sandstone from
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under separate roofs, south and west porches, a two-bay chancel with a chapel to the south, an organ chamber and a
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in the town. The church is in the deanery of Barrow, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the
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to the north, and a tower at the west end of the south aisle. The tower is in three stages with diagonal
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organ built in 1881 by Young, but this was scrapped in the 1980s and replaced with an electronic organ.
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Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942
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Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012),
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The church was built between 1859 and 1861, to a design by the
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St. George's Church is located in Cumbria
54°06′30″N 3°13′15″W / 54.1084°N 3.2209°W / 54.1084; -3.2209
OS grid reference
SD 203,688
St George's Square
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
Denomination
Anglican
South Barrow Team Ministry
Parish church
Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Devonshire
Dedication
Saint George
Sir James Ramsden
Architect(s)
E. G. Paley
Paley and Austin
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Materials
Slate
sandstone
Province
York
Diocese
Carlisle

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