Kirkleatham: St Hilda
Overview
Grid reference: NZ 597 235
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Worship area is a large rotunda with a passage at the west end leading to the vestibule and vestry and separating it from the hall, another lower rotunda. These are intersected by three smaller circles.
Dimensions:
Main rotunda approximately 15m in circumference (50ft).
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was built in 1969, designed by Darnton, Elgee, Rightson, Jackman O’Connor Architects of Middlesbrough. It was extended to the north with vestry and ancillary rooms in 1990.
Exterior Description
The church is an interesting design that succeeds aesthetically and provides a handsome and luminous worship space, while also having the well-known practical problems associated with curved shapes and the structural problems so common with concrete and brick buildings of this era. The main rotunda with its four projecting horn-like copper-clad lanterns is so tall it functions visually as a tower, announcing the church from some distance. It is a sheer curved wall punctuated only by slit windows at various levels and a continuous clearstorey strip. The other components cluster around it at various levels, cleverly articulated.
Building Materials
Brick
Interior
Interior Description
Moving inside, the worship space is well lit by the clearstorey and lantern windows with deeply and brightly coloured dalle de verre glass designed to illuminate the interior with different colours as the day wears on. This and the light wood furniture combines with the whitewashed walls to provide a light and welcoming ambience. The furnishings and fittings are mostly catalogue, but there is a nicely articulated black wood and wrought iron pulpit and altar, and a similar font with a copper bowl.
Churchyard
Grid reference: NZ 597 235
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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