Sunderland Road, Church of St. Peter
Sunderland Road, Church of St. Peter
HER Number
8088
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Sunderland Road, Church of St. Peter
Place
Harton
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This church was listed Grade II in 1983 with the following description:
'1866-67. C Hodgson Fowler architect. Pleasant, modest church in Early English style. Coursed rubble and ashlar to windows, doors etc. Slate roofs. Church consists of chancel, nave and a south-west tower. Later, C20, vestry etc on north side of chancel. First stage of tower forms the south porch to the church. Tower of 2 stages, then slides into an octagonal ball-turret with 2 light openings under one pointed arch to each face. Capped by an octagonal spire. The east window of 3 lancets filled with stained glass in 1873. Interior very simple in its detail and decoration.' {1}
1866-7 by C. Hodgson Fowler. Plain, rock-faced. Two-light windows and a high wooden-roofed nave {2}. LISTED GRADE 2
'1866-67. C Hodgson Fowler architect. Pleasant, modest church in Early English style. Coursed rubble and ashlar to windows, doors etc. Slate roofs. Church consists of chancel, nave and a south-west tower. Later, C20, vestry etc on north side of chancel. First stage of tower forms the south porch to the church. Tower of 2 stages, then slides into an octagonal ball-turret with 2 light openings under one pointed arch to each face. Capped by an octagonal spire. The east window of 3 lancets filled with stained glass in 1873. Interior very simple in its detail and decoration.' {1}
1866-7 by C. Hodgson Fowler. Plain, rock-faced. Two-light windows and a high wooden-roofed nave {2}. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
437567
Northing
564986
Grid Reference
NZ437567564986
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 14/70; N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 417; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1232324