Tyne and Wear HER(8125): Simonside, Church of St. Simon - Details
8125
S Tyneside
Simonside, Church of St. Simon
Simonside
NZ36SW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Church
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
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
3493
6430
NZ34936430
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 13/64