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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2049

Northing:
5812

Grid Reference:
NZ20495812

Lats/Lons:

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