Ranskill St Barnabas

Features and Fittings

Chancel

Reredos

View of the sanctuary
showing the reredos
and altar rails
Candle stand

A simple, three-panel wooden reredos, probably 20th century.

Altar rails

Simple, turned wooden rails set on decorative cast-iron stands, probably 19th century.

Candle stands

There are two ornate metal candle stands in the sanctuary.

Nave

Font

Font and candle stand

The font is located in the north-west corner of the nave. A plain, stone, octagonal basin with chamfered edges, set on a plain circular column with minimal moulded bands and a circular plinth. 19th century, probably 1878.

Candle stand

Positioned next to the font, a wooden candle stand of plain, turned wood.

Wooden cross

On the south wall, close to the font, is a wooden cross that originally formed part of the chancel screen.

Chairs

The nave has modern chair seating.

Table

Table given by Ranskill
Methodist Church

At the east end of the nave is a wooden table with a plaque reading:

Kindly Donated By
Ranskill Methodist Chapel
May 2009

Display case

Under the easternmost window of the north wall of the nave is a display case containing the memorial book.

A brass plaque on the front of the case reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

ERIC HAMMOND

 

NANCY HAMMOND

1905-1989

 

1915-2001

Wooden cross

Cross Lectern

Nave, south side, east wall: a plain, wooden cross from Ranskill Methodist chapel.

Lectern

There is an ornate iron lectern in the nave.