Church of St. Simon
Church of St. Simon
HER Number
8125
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Church of St. Simon
Place
Simonside
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
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
1879-80. Austin, Johnson and Hicks, architect.
A very pleasing little church, built in roughly coursed rubble with ashlar
dressings, in the late gothic style.
A simple rectangular building without aisles or separate chancel. Vestry on the
north. A nice gabled porch on the south. Decorated bargeboards and other detail.
An elegant octagonal fleche marks the position of the chancel.
The side windows are all square headed, the west window has a segmental hood and
the east window a pointed one. LISTED GRADE 2
A very pleasing little church, built in roughly coursed rubble with ashlar
dressings, in the late gothic style.
A simple rectangular building without aisles or separate chancel. Vestry on the
north. A nice gabled porch on the south. Decorated bargeboards and other detail.
An elegant octagonal fleche marks the position of the chancel.
The side windows are all square headed, the west window has a segmental hood and
the east window a pointed one. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
434930
Northing
564300
Grid Reference
NZ434930564300
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 13/64