Jesmond, Thornleigh St, Church of St. Hilda, Sunday school

HER Number:
8968

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Thornleigh St, 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:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

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

Easting:
2517

Northing:
6648

Grid Reference:
NZ25176648

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/547