Wallsend, Station Road, Church of St. Luke

HER Number:
7374

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Station Road, Church of St. Luke

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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. 1885-87 by Oliver, Leeson and Wood; 1895 west vestries; 1906 tower, chancel and lady chapel; land given by G.B. Hunter. Rock-faced snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof. Early English style. Central west double door. 3-stage tower with lancet windows and belfry openings. Nave bellcote. Interior - painted plaster with ashlar dressings. Boarded kingpost roofs. Dog-tooth moulding to arcade piers. Open arches to chancel. Glass in north aisle by Baguley, Newcastle; west window in north aisle is South African War Memorial; east window is First World War Memorial by Whilhemina Geddes of Dublin. Shares site with contemporary school and rectory built of same stone. LISTED GRADE 2.

Easting:
2995

Northing:
6631

Grid Reference:
NZ29956631

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 6/168