Description

NT 9928 WOOLER CHURCH STREET
(East side)

17/111 Church of St. Mary
21/9/51

GV II

Parish church. 1765. Enlarged 1835, gothicized 1873 by F.R. Wilson.
Chancel and east vestries added 1912-13. Ashlar with Welsh and Lakeland slate
roofs.

West tower with attached vestry; nave, chancel and vestries.

Tower 4 storeys, the top 2 storeys added 1835. Original doorway with pointed
arch on south side, round window above. 3-light Decorated west window. Clock
and 2-light Tudor-style bell openings added 1835. Parapet with Tudor-arched
balustrade and small corner turrets. Small spire. Turrets and spire have
weather vanes. Attached vestry has inscription of 1835 over 2-light window.

CA
3-bay nave has sundial inscribed V 1765, on south-west corner. Chamfered plinth, 2-light Geometric windows. Decorative lead glazing patterns. Moulded
cornice.

2- bay chancel with attached vestries in Perpendicular style. Large 5-light
east window.

In terior: tower staircase has stick balusters, turned newe l and ramped handrail.
Inscription in tower hall recording erection of clock 1836 for £189.11.10.
"We take no note of time but from its loss. To give it then a tongue is wise
in man."

Wide aiseless nave with flat ceiling. Chancel arch of 1912.

Wall monuments in nave: Francis Haigh,1824 by Jobling of Gateshead, Rev.
William Haigh, 1836 and daughter Frances, 1837, whose "zeal in the religious
instruction and useful employment of the Female youth in this parish ably
seconded the efforts of her father." By Davies of Newcastle.

Listing NGR: NT9924328020

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294092

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