Tyne and Wear HER(8022): Jarrow, Grange Road West, Christ Church - Details
8022
S Tyneside
Jarrow, Grange Road West, Christ Church
Jarrow
NZ36NW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Church
Parish Church
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Parish church. 1868 by Johnson and Hicks. Coursed, squared rock-faced sandstone; roof of Welsh slate. 4-bay nave, north and south aisles and south porch, 2-bay chancel with south vestry and north organ loft, tower with stair turret at north-east of nave. Early English style. West elevation; 2 windows of 2 lights with cinquefoils. Clerestory has cinquefoil windows; lancets in the aisles. High-pitched roofs have gable stone copings and finials; tower has tall broach spire. Interior: nave arcades have round piers with plinths, clasping bands and acanthus capitals; and stiff leaf stops to hood moulds of arches. Furnishings: Norman-style front of Frosterley marble on pedestal and 4 columns; choir stalls, rood screen, lectern and altar Gothic-style woodwork of high quality. LISTED GRADE 2
3262
6528
NZ32626528
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1/87