Front Street, Church of St. Matthew

HER Number

7028

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Front Street, Church of St. Matthew

Place

Newbottle

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Parish Church

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Parish church. 1885-6 by Oliver and Leeson of Newcastle. porch 1888. Rock-faced sandstone, Welsh slate roof. Nave with south porch, north and south double transepts , apsed chancel. Early English style. Lancet windows. South porch has arch with niche over. Octagonal belfry. Stone cross-finials at west, iron at east. Interior – plain apart from west window: World War One memorial (in 3 paired lancets) depicts the Call of Matthew, the Transfiguration and the Raising of the Widow’s Son. Other stained glass includes two windows in north transept which came from the previous church on the site (built 1850). LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

433980

Northing

551560

Grid Reference

NZ433980551560

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/41; C.W. English, Diocese of Durham, 1950, Parish Church of St. Matthew, Newbottle Centenary, 1850-1950; Sunderland City Council, November 2008, Newbottle Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft; Borough of Sunderland, 1980, Newbottle Village District Plan Written Statement; G.E. Milburn, 1978, Newbottle: An Outline History; K. Richardson, 1989, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole in Old Photographs; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham