The Church, dedicated to St. Barnabas is a handsome building, of white brick and stone, in the Early English style, erected in 1867, by the Earl of Durham, and consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch, and organ chamber. The chancel is richly decorated, and the windows fitted with stained glass, that at the west end being a memorial to the late Countess of Durham, erected by the parishoners. The church will seat 400 persons. The living is a rectry, in the patronage of the Earl of Durham ; gross value, £405; Rev. Alfred Merle Norman, M.A., D.C.L., rector, and hon. Canon of Durham.