St Barbara's Church, Earlsdon

St Barbara's Church is in Earlsdon, a suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Coventry, South, the archdeaconry of Coventry, and the diocese of Coventry.[1] The church was built in 1930–31 to replace a smaller church nearby. It was designed by Henry Paley of the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley, with a local man, Herbert Jackson, acting as clerk of works and consulting architect.[2][3]

St Barbara's Church, Earlsdon
52.3971°N 1.5389°W / 52.3971; -1.5389
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	https://stbarbaras.com/
History
Status	Active
Founder(s)	Sir Alfred Herbert
Consecrated	26 Sep 1931
Architecture
Architect(s)	Henry Paley
Years built	1930-1931
Construction cost	£17,644
Administration
Diocese	Coventry
Archdeaconry	Coventry
Deanery	Coventry, South
Parish	St Barbara's, Earlsdon

The foundation stone was laid on 28 September 1930 by Sir Alfred Herbert, a local industrialist, and the church was consecrated on 26 September 1931. Due to a lack of finance, the church was never completed, the missing parts being the western 2½ bays, two porches, a baptistry and a bell turret.[2][3] The total cost of the church was £17,644 (equivalent to £1,280,000 in 2021),[4] of which £975 was donated by Sir Alfred to build the Lady Chapel as a memorial to his late second wife Florence (m. 1913, d. 1930), widow of Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. E. Lucas.[2][5]