Hylton Road, Church of St. Mark

HER Number

6049

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton Road, Church of St. Mark

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Parish Church

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Parish church, 1872 by Joseph Potts and Son; major benefactor was James Hartley, glassmaker. Snecked stone with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof, with fishscale bands on chancel, stone gable copings and bellcote. All doors boarded with elaborate hinges. North door under gable with fleur-de-lys finial. Interior - painted plaster, arch-braced collar and king post roof. Tiled chancel floor, painted Gothic stone pulpit with brass and wrought-iron rail. Stained glass includes high quality St George in north porch. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

438730

Northing

556980

Grid Reference

NZ438730556980

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 920-1/4/126