Weight: 259 lbs Diameter: 21.88" Bell 1 of 2
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1886
Dove Bell ID: 60093 Tower ID: 23528 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Rekendyke: St Jude
Overview
Grid reference: NZ 362 660
The church is a capacious, straight forward building in the Late Perpendicular style with little elaboration. The west front has a large five-light window set high in the wall and three small cinquefoil-headed lights below, the arrangement suggesting a gallery within.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave of five bays with aisles and clerestory, porches within the western bays of each aisle; chancel with polygonal apse, north organ chamber and south vestry. The latter is attached to the Vicarage by a passage which becomes the hall of the house.
Description of Archaeology and History
The parish was formed in 1883, and the church was built in 1885-6. The architect was Joseph Hall Morton of South Shields, who was Surveyor to the Rural Sanitary Authority. The cost was £3,000, the Commissioners gave the site and £1,000 and the Church Building Society £60.
Exterior Description
The church is a capacious, straight forward building in the Late Perpendicular style with little elaboration. The west front has a large five-light window set high in the wall and three small cinquefoil-headed lights below, the arrangement suggesting a gallery within. At the corners, which project slightly beyond the aisles, are angle buttresses and the west walls of the aisles are pierced by four-centred arched doorways leading into porches formed within the first bay of each aisle. The north and south walls of the aisles each have two two-light windows and the clerestory follows much the same pattern, all the windows having cinquefoiled heads. The division between nave and chancel is marked externally by a small spirelet surrounded by detached oak pinnacles on the ridge of the roof and a gable on the south side terminates in a chimney for the boiler below. The organ chamber on the north side is arranged as a transept and the apse has three sides, each pierced by a two-light transomed window with cinquefoiled ogee heads to the lights and simple panel tracery.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1924
The east window has two lights representing Christ with two Saints (probably St. Simon and St. Jude) above and The Crucifixion below, a War Memorial inserted in 1924, by G.J. Baguley and Son.
Stained Glass
One small light in the west wall shows The Baptism of Christ.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church is similarly plain but dignified, with four-centred arches to the nave arcades resting on octagonal pillars moulded capitals and bases. The doors to the west porches have Caernarvon heads and there is a timber west gallery between them. The floors are of stone flags in the alleys and wood blocks under the pews. The roof which runs through the church (the chancel arch only taking the form of a doubled set of roof principals) is boarded to give a vault of five faces divided into square panels by moulded ribs. The double timbers at the chancel arch have some restrained Art Nouveau detailing. The nave roof is painted red and yellow, the chancel roof blue, to remarkable effect. The walls also, which were originally of exposed brick, have been painted white for the most part. Below the chancel arch there are three steps and above them are returned stalls of oak. The floor beyond is of slabs of composite material. On the north side an arch opens to the organ chamber (which also communicates with the north aisle through an arch) but on the south side there is simply a blank brick wall. Only the east window has stained glass, the other two apse windows having panes of tinted glass.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
c.1930
The altar is of oak and dates from c.1930; it was designed by Hicks and Charlewood.
Reredos
The reredos is also of oak and belongs to the same scheme by Hicks and Charlewood; it is of five traceried bays with pierced cresting above, all uncoloured.
Pulpit
The pulpit is part of the same scheme by Hicks and Charlewood, also of oak, with traceried panels and vine trail cornice on an octagonal stone base.
Lectern
1902
The lectern is a brass eagle given in 1902.
Font (object)
c.1885
The font is octagonal, of red stone with shields bearing the usual emblems round the bowl, standing on a moulded stem.
Bells
Weight: 315 lbs Diameter: 23.75" Bell 2 of 2
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1886
Dove Bell ID: 60094 Tower ID: 23528 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: NZ 362 660
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
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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.
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