Market Place, Church of St Hilda
Market Place, Church of St Hilda
HER Number
8078
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Market Place, Church of St Hilda
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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
Tower C18.
Body of church rebuilt 1810-11.
Ashlar, hipped slate roof.
Two tiers of windows, the lower ones tall, the upper ones small "clearstory", all
with semi-circular hoods.
Apse with 3 lights.
Tuscan doorcase to former entrance in centre of north wall.
West tower has rusticated quoins, contains semi-circular headed west door. Above
this a circular window, then 2 stages with louvred belfry openings, finally a clock.
pyramidal slate roof behind parapet. To either side of tower, vestry with "Venetian"
window and external stairs to gallery.
Interior a single space with galleries supported on cast iron columns.
Font 1675 by Robert Trollop,
Gilt chandelier 1802.
Model of lifeboat 1802 suspended from ceiling.
Organ case J F Bentley 1865-6.
The church, the parish church of South Shields is said to be on the site of a chapel
founded by St Aidan circa AD 647 and placed in charge of St Hilda. LISTED GRADE 2
Body of church rebuilt 1810-11.
Ashlar, hipped slate roof.
Two tiers of windows, the lower ones tall, the upper ones small "clearstory", all
with semi-circular hoods.
Apse with 3 lights.
Tuscan doorcase to former entrance in centre of north wall.
West tower has rusticated quoins, contains semi-circular headed west door. Above
this a circular window, then 2 stages with louvred belfry openings, finally a clock.
pyramidal slate roof behind parapet. To either side of tower, vestry with "Venetian"
window and external stairs to gallery.
Interior a single space with galleries supported on cast iron columns.
Font 1675 by Robert Trollop,
Gilt chandelier 1802.
Model of lifeboat 1802 suspended from ceiling.
Organ case J F Bentley 1865-6.
The church, the parish church of South Shields is said to be on the site of a chapel
founded by St Aidan circa AD 647 and placed in charge of St Hilda. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
436100
Northing
567060
Grid Reference
NZ436100567060
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/41; Ryder, P. 2011, Historic Churches of County Durham, p136