Description

A 192
NZ 37 NW
(West side)
Holywell, Whitley Bay
8/5 Church of St. Mary
II
Chapel of Ease. 1885, by W.S. Hicks. Stone chamfered plinth and quoins to
rendered lower walls; timber-framed with rendered infill, above half-rail.
French clay tiled roof; lead dome to bellcote, brick ridge stack to vestry.
5-bay unaisled rectangle with south-east vestry. Side walls have vertical
studding; 2- and 3-light windows with elliptical heads to lights and leaded
glazing. West end has similar 2-light windows flanking boarded door in
segmental arch with carved spandrels; roof above hipped below gablet with
2-light window beneath cove carrying diagonally-set bellcote with slatted
openings under shouldered arches, and octagonal swept dome with wrought-iron
cross fleury. East end has square panelling and window of 5 trefoil-headed
lights under a segmental arch; large shaped brackets carrying moulded
bargeboards with pendant finial; cast-iron finial cross.

Interior: Brattished dado rail; similar rail with rosettes at sill level of
east window. Roof of arch-braced collar-beam trusses with strutted upper
king posts and carved bosses.

Listing NGR: NZ3134374810

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293300

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