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St John, Friern Barnet

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of one bay. In an early Gothic style, it is vaulted throughout and originally seated 500. The nave was completed over 1899–1901. The west end being finished to only a modified design in 1911. The projected north-east tower and spire were not built.
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Originating in 1883 as a chapel-of-ease to Friern Barnet parish church it was initially a temporary iron structure on the north side of Friern Barnet Road and known as the school-church of St John, on account of classes being kept there by the
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The church has since been afforded Grade II* architectural status by the English Heritage foundation, by which it is deemed a building of particular (national) importance and one of more than special interest.
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DD, building was delayed by a lack of funds, the nave being built in two stages and finally consecrated in 1911. Building of the eastern section was executed by Edward Abley of Salisbury.
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After which time the rector of Friern Barnet resumed charge. The Rev Frederick Hall was rector from 1892 to 1902, and his son the Rev Edward Gage Hall from 1902 to 1940. The Rev'd
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community. The church has long been linked to local education; there has been a St John's school in Friern Barnet since 1886, now (as of 2015) St John's CofE Primary School
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The church now serves as the parish church of Friern Barnet, the former parish church of St James the Great in Friern Barnet Lane now being leased to the local
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by G. K. Smith, who, with his son Charles William Smith, contributed substantially towards building costs.
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In 1890 it was replaced by an iron nave on the opposite side of the road on land granted to the
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A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6: Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey with Highgate
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A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6: Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey with Highgate
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National Archive Files DRO/012/II/B/1/13 & DRO/012/II/B/1/14 Agreements (1890 & 1891)
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on the request of the vicar, the Reverend Frederick Hall, who had formerly been curate at
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The church is crafted entirely of stone to an elaborate plan and modelled on a
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Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People
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The pulpit dates to c. 1920. The stained-glass panels are by specialist firm
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Although the chancel was consecrated in October 1892 by the Bishop of London
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chapel. The east end was inspired by the German Cistercian church of
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National Archives: Saint James the Great, Friern Barnet DRO/012/I/G8
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Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Barnet
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Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Barnet
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Novum Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense
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United Kingdom
Denomination
Church of England
www.parishoffriernbarnet.co.uk
Architect(s)
John Loughborough Pearson
Style
Gothic Revival
Diocese
London
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Rector
Curate(s)
Director of music
Treasurer
Churchwarden(s)


Friern Barnet
Gothic Revival Style
John Loughborough Pearson
Frank Loughborough Pearson
Friern Barnet Grammar School
Anglican Church Board
Frederick Temple
Rhineland
Heisterbach

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