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Parish Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Whitburn, South Tyneside

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9481 / 54°56'53"N

Longitude: -1.3685 / 1°22'6"W

OS Eastings: 440545

OS Northings: 561679

OS Grid: NZ405616

Mapcode National: GBR LCW7.J1

Mapcode Global: WHD4Z.YWHK

Plus Code: 9C6WWJXJ+7H

Entry Name: Parish Church

Listing Date: 25 February 1949

Last Amended: 26 February 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1025244

English Heritage Legacy ID: 303662

ID on this website: 101025244

Location: Whitburn Parish Church, Whitburn, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, SR6

County: South Tyneside

Electoral Ward/Division: Whitburn and Marsden

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Whitburn

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Whitburn

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


NZ 46 SW BOLDON CHURCH LANE (west side)
Whitburn
4/3
Parish Church (formerly
25.2.49 listed as Whitburn Parish
Church)

GV II

Large parish church, C13 with C15 upper stage of tower and C19 restorations,
particularly of windows. 5-bay nave with north and south aisles and south porch,
5-bay chancel with north porch; west tower. Ashlar and roughly coursed rubble, all
sandstone, and Westmoreland slate roof. Diagonal buttresses to 3-stage tower, clasping
to chancel, angle to south aisle and south porch; decorated windows are C19 except
for parts of 4 on south side of chancel and one on north; priest's door on south side
of chancel blocked in 1867. Nave arcades have plain capitals bearing double-chamfered
arches. Almond-shaped window, with glass by L C Evetts of Newcastle, in the west
wall of the south aisle. Tomb of Michael Matthew of Cleadon, died 1689, by Wm. Smith;
reclining figure of the period, a skull between the feet; contemporary-costumed
weepers. Two pre-Reformation bells dedicated to Sts. Mary and Andrew; it is presumably
for this reason that the church is sometimes said to be dedicated to either saint;
however, its original dedication, if any, is not known.


Listing NGR: NZ4054561679

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