Laygate, Holy Trinity Church

HER Number

4490

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Laygate, Holy Trinity Church

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Church

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Built between 1832-4 by Salvin and demolished in 1980. West tower with stair-turret; the planned spire not built. Five-bay arcades on circular piers. Chancel and double-gabled transepts by R.J. Johnson of Austin, Johnson & Hicks, 1878-9. Demolished 1977.

Easting

435860

Northing

566390

Grid Reference

NZ435860566390

Sources

<< HER 4490 >> N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 416