Church of St. Hilda, Sunday school
Church of St. Hilda, Sunday school
HER Number
8968
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Church of St. Hilda, Sunday school
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Church Hall
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This building was listed Grade II in 1971 with the following description:
'Church hall and school. Dated 1900 above door. Probably by Hicks and Charlewood. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Jacobethan style. One high storey, 4 bays. Double 6-panelled door in canted porch in third bay has drip string raised over scrolled panel with ST. HILDA'S/SCHOOL/1900, Small windows in canted corners; roll-moulded parapet. Ovolo-moulded stone mullioned and transomed 3X3-light square-headed windows with elliptical heads to top lights. Hipped roof, pyramidal at left with scroll iron finial. Area wall has chamfered coping and raised piers; canted corner at left flanking church entrance.' LISTED GRADE 2
'Church hall and school. Dated 1900 above door. Probably by Hicks and Charlewood. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Jacobethan style. One high storey, 4 bays. Double 6-panelled door in canted porch in third bay has drip string raised over scrolled panel with ST. HILDA'S/SCHOOL/1900, Small windows in canted corners; roll-moulded parapet. Ovolo-moulded stone mullioned and transomed 3X3-light square-headed windows with elliptical heads to top lights. Hipped roof, pyramidal at left with scroll iron finial. Area wall has chamfered coping and raised piers; canted corner at left flanking church entrance.' LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425170
Northing
566480
Grid Reference
NZ425170566480
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/547; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1121525