Penshaw Lane, Church of All Saints
Penshaw Lane, Church of All Saints
HER Number
7040
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Penshaw Lane, Church of All Saints
Place
Penshaw
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Parish church. 1745; 1876-77 alterations by CH Fowler. Coursed squared sandstone. Welsh slate roof. Norman style. 3-bay nave with south porch and north vestry. Lower apse to shallow chancel. 3 grouped round-headed windows in round-headed recess in bay. 3 round-headed windows in apse. Belfry. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
432920
Northing
553900
Grid Reference
NZ432920553900
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/55; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Penshaw: not just a monument