Quarry Hill Lane, Church of St. Cuthbert

This church was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Parish church. 1866-7 by C.H. Fowler. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable coping. Nave with south porch, chancel with north vestry. Early English style. 2-bay nave: shallow gabled porch containing pointed-arched double boarded door; 3 stepped lancets. One-bay chancel with single lancet; bar tracery to east and west windows; west bellcote. Interior: south chancel window by Wailes and Strang of Newcastle shows Holman Hunt's 'Light of the World'.'
The church could accommodate 150 people. With the erection of this church in 1866, the new parish of East Rainton (included Moorsley) was created. Previously East Rainton had been part of Rainton parish and the parish church was in West Rainton. St. Cuthbert's was consecrated on 19 December 1866. The first vicar was Rev. J Croisdale MA. He died in 1909 and was replaced by Rev. W R Egerton. He died in 1937 and was replaced by Rev. R S Woodall BA. In 1943 the Rev. R W Ellison moved from Lumley Parish to East Rainton. In 1951 Durham Prison's chaplain Rev. G L C Mitchell moved to East Rainton. In 1954 Rev. G Hackett took over. The church hall was built in 1882. LISTED GRADE 2