Simonside, Church of St. Simon

HER Number:
8125

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Simonside, Church of St. Simon

Place:
Simonside

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Church

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
1879-80. Austin, Johnson and Hicks, architect. A very pleasing little church, built in roughly coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, in the late gothic style. A simple rectangular building without aisles or separate chancel. Vestry on the north. A nice gabled porch on the south. Decorated bargeboards and other detail. An elegant octagonal fleche marks the position of the chancel. The side windows are all square headed, the west window has a segmental hood and the east window a pointed one. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3493

Northing:
6430

Grid Reference:
NZ34936430

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 13/64