St Barnabas Church Tunbridge Wells
The parish of St.Barnabas was established in 1881.It was built in the poorer district of Tunbridge Wells for the servants and artisans needed by the wealthier people of the town. It was in order to house them that large numbers of cottages began to be built around Camden Road which had originally been known as Calverly Quarry Road.
The ambitious project of building the church was undertaken by the brothers J.P. and J.E.K. Cutts, architects of a number of similar buildings, but none as imposing as this. The original plan (pictured) shows a tower with a tall spire but – that was not built, and a large porch was erected in its place, but not until 1932.
Here is a picture of the church today.
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