Marley Hill, Church of St. Cuthbert

HER Number

12031

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Marley Hill, Church of St. Cuthbert

Place

Marley Hill

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Church

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Built in 1877. Stands in a generous churchyard. Built of coursed sandstone and slate in a simple Early English style with grouped lancet windows. The eastern part of the churchyard dates from before the pit village and has a low battered boundary wall, a number of trees and some quality monuments.

Easting

420490

Northing

558120

Grid Reference

NZ420490558120

Sources

Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Marley Hill Conservation Area, p 36; Jean Mackie, 1993 and Janice and Martin Garfoot, 2005, Marley Hill Church, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/hillside.html