Penshaw, Penshaw Lane, Church of All Saints

HER Number:
7040

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Lane, Church of All Saints

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Parish Church

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Parish church. 1745; 1876-77 alterations by CH Fowler. Coursed squared sandstone. Welsh slate roof. Norman style. 3-bay nave with south porch and north vestry. Lower apse to shallow chancel. 3 grouped round-headed windows in round-headed recess in bay. 3 round-headed windows in apse. Belfry. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3292

Northing:
5390

Grid Reference:
NZ32925390

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/55; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Penshaw: not just a monument