Willington, Churchill Street, Church of St. Mary

HER Number:
7361

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington, Churchill Street, Church of St. Mary

Place:
Willington

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Parish Church

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Parish church. 1876 by Austin and Johnson. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Nave and south porch; chancel with north vestry. Early English style. Door with elaborate hinges and handle in porch. Nave has lancet windows. Roof has bellcote, cross finials. Interior - plaster with ashlar dressings, king-post roof. Corbelled arches. Aumbry with canopy in south chancel. Octagonal stone font. High quality rood screen commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee; Gothic style pulpit is a World War One memorial. LISTED GRADE 2.

Easting:
3179

Northing:
6772

Grid Reference:
NZ31796772

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/150