St. Barnabas Anglican Church (Liberta)
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| place | Liberta , Antigua and Barbuda | |
| Client | Bishop William Coleridge | |
| Architectural style | Italianate | |
| Construction year | between 1824 and 1842 | |
| Coordinates | 17 ° 2 '19.6 " N , 61 ° 47' 24.2" W | |
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The Church of Saint Barnabas is an Anglican church in Liberta in the south of the Caribbean island of Antigua in the state of Antigua and Barbuda . It belongs to the parish of St. Paul's with St. Barnabas of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba of the Church in the Province of the West Indies .
It is dedicated to the apostle Barnabas , who as the patron saint of cooper and draperies is also one of the early seafaring saints.
history
The church was built in the early 19th century under William Coleridge (1824-1842), Bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands. It was originally a school. The parish church in Falmouth , St. Paul's, was completely destroyed in the Great Antilles earthquake in 1843 , and Bishop Davis , first bishop of the diocese of St. John's, rededicated the house, which could be restored more quickly despite the damage, as an emergency church .
After the abolition of slavery in 1843 (Liberta was the starting point of the liberation movement), the church still served for a long time only as a church for the white community in Liberta and Swetes , while the colored population went to All Saints , where they were more open-minded.
In 1989 the church was renovated and expanded - already from a restoration point of view, as it is one of the older existing structures in Antigua.
Structural matters
The small, towerless church stands on Barnabas Hill , one of Liberta's many hills. It is made of massive green stone, as it is quarried in Liberta, and can be found on some other houses, built in clean ashlar. The house looks out of stone and shows attractive material ornamentation on the gate and the high windows with brick corner blocks and cantilever arches in white limestone. The gable contains a round window and two blind diamond-shaped windows, also all brick-framed. The corners of the house are secured with strong, diagonally attached retaining walls, which probably originate from the restoration of the 1840s.
The construction is reminiscent of the fortresses in and around English Harbor , for which the mother church was responsible, which suggests a military architect , and corresponds to a pre-Victorian Italianate style as a reception of the early country churches in the Mediterranean region. The only real decoration are the stained glass windows, they are protected with window bars and large shutters, especially against damage from hurricanes. The additions of the 1980s adapt to the old substance.
literature
- Hewlester A. Samuel: The Birth of the Village of Liberta, Antigua . Self-published, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59526-725-2 , Barnabas Hill, Liberta , p. 81 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- St. Paul's & St. Barnabas . In: stspaulandbarnabas.org (English). Accessed August 2, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Our Church ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : St. Barnabas, Liberta , stspaulandbarnabas.org, accessed March 13, 2014.
- ↑ (author unknown): Antigua and the Antiguans: A Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants. Volume II, Saunders and Otley, 1844, Chapter LIII., Supplemental Chapter. Effects of an Earthquake (republished Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition series. Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-108-02777-9 , p. 287 [to St. Paul's] and 288 [to St. Barnaby's] ; limited preview in Google book search; full text on gutenberg.org).
- ↑ a b Lit. Samuel: The Birth… 2007, p. 81 .
- ↑ Parish of St. Paul with St. Barnabas : St. Barnabas, Liberta , Mark Summerfield, msummerfieldimages.com, accessed March 13, 2014 (with photo).
- ↑ On-Site Antigua: The Natural Inner Beauty of St. Barnabas Anglican Church . Steve Bennet on uncommoncaribbean.com, December 18, 2013, accessed March 13, 2014.
- ↑ see St. Barnabas church, Liberta, Antigua (250 yrs old) , Architekturfoto, Ruth Rosenthal (on pbase.com).
- ^ Lit. Samuel: The Birth… 2007, p. 82 .
