St Giles' Church, Barrow

St Giles' Church, Barrow
St Giles' Church, Barrow, from the southeast
St Giles' Church, Barrow is located in Shropshire
St Giles' Church, Barrow
St Giles' Church, Barrow
Location in Shropshire
52°35′47″N 2°30′23″W / 52.5965°N 2.5065°W / 52.5965; -2.5065
OS grid referenceSO 658 999
LocationBarrow, Shropshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteBroseley Parishes
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Giles
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated24 October 1950
Architect(s)G. E. Street, Ewan Christian
Architectural typeChurch
StyleAnglo-Saxon, Norman,
Neoclassical (porch),
Gothic Revival (north chapel)
Specifications
MaterialsStone and brick, tiled roofs
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseHereford
ArchdeaconryLudlow
DeaneryTelford Severn Gorge
ParishLinley with Willey and Barrow
Clergy
RectorRevd Fr. Christopher Penn

St Giles' Church is in the hamlet of Barrow, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Telford Severn Gorge, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of All Saints, Broseley, St Mary, Jackfield, St Bartholomew, Benthall, and St Leonard, Linley.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[2] It is one of the earliest surviving churches in Shropshire, and contains the county's only Anglo-Saxon chancel.[3]

  1. ^ Barrow: St Giles, Barrow, Church of England, retrieved 6 November 2012
  2. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Giles, Barrow (1367837)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 November 2012
  3. ^ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 132–133, ISBN 0-300-12083-4