Roker, Park Avenue, Church of St. Andrew
Roker, Park Avenue, Church of St. Andrew
HER Number
7163
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Roker, Park Avenue, Church of St. Andrew
Place
Roker
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Parish church. 1906-7. By Edward S Prior, site architect was A Randall Wells. Principal benefactor John Priestman. Inscriptions by Eric Gill. Interior has painted plaster by MacDonald Gill to a design by Prior. Stained glass by HA Payne. Marsden magnesian limestone reubble, reinforced concrete arches, purlins and tracery. Roof stone slates. Sanctuary, south tower over chancel, choir with north vestry, and south morning chapel. Free Gothic style.
LISTED GRADE 1
LISTED GRADE 1
Easting
440400
Northing
559370
Grid Reference
NZ440400559370
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/5/162; Dean Hawkes, 30 Jan 1985, illustrated artlicle in The Architect’s Journal
The Parish Church of St Andrew, Roker (guide book); Sunderland City Council, 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appriasal and Management Strategy; Michael Andrew Johnson, 2009, An Uncalcualting Grasp of Beauty: St. Andrew's Church, Roker, County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol. 18, 2009, pp 107-114; Glen Lyndon Dodds, 1994, St. Andrew's Church, Roker, Durham Archaeological Journal 10, pp 105-111
The Parish Church of St Andrew, Roker (guide book); Sunderland City Council, 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appriasal and Management Strategy; Michael Andrew Johnson, 2009, An Uncalcualting Grasp of Beauty: St. Andrew's Church, Roker, County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol. 18, 2009, pp 107-114; Glen Lyndon Dodds, 1994, St. Andrew's Church, Roker, Durham Archaeological Journal 10, pp 105-111