Church of the Holy Sepulchre
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, WANSBECK ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1152984
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, WANSBECK ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1152984
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, WANSBECK ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, WANSBECK ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashington
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 26426 87651
Details
ASHINGTON WANSBECK ROAD
NZ 28 NE (West side)
2/30 Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
14/4/49
GV II
Parish church 1887-1896 by W.S. Hicks. Snecked stone with ashlar dressings;
Lakeland slate roof. 5-bay aisled plan with no structural nave/chancel
division, western narthex, cross-gabled east bay of north aisle as organ
chamber, with truncated bell tower and sacristy on east. Late C14 style.
Stepped buttresses between bays and set back at angles, chamfered plinth, sill
string. 3-light windows to north and south, with part-blocked priest's door
near east end on south. 2-light window at west end of north aisle and 4-light
window to organ chamber with cruciform loop in gable above. Flat-roofed
narthex has three 2-light windows on west; boarded double doors with scrolly
ironwork under moulded arch, with sunk quatrefoils in spandrels, on each return.
Large 4-light window above. 5-light east window with whirling mouchette in
gable above; 3-light east window to south aisle. Lower stage of bell tower,
octagonal at top, now forms link to sacristy which has boarded door under
moulded round arch with trefoiled panels holding blank shields in spandrels.
Coped gables with finial crosses; timber bellcote on nave roof.
Interior: plastered double-chamfered arcades on octagonal piers with moulded
caps and bases, and corbel responds. Arcade of 3 arches with broad chamfers,
now glazed, to narthex. Boarded vault in main body of church and coffered
ceilings over aisles, both with brattished wall plates. Carved pulpit and
screens at east end of aisles. Octagonal stone font in simple C15 style.
East window: Ascension as 1914-18 war memorial.
The dedication is taken from the former medieval church at Sheepwash. The
tower was never completed as the Ashington Coal Company, major benefactors,
objected on the grounds that their slumbering night-shift workers would be
disturbed by bells.
Listing NGR: NZ2642687651
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 235901
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33725
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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