Church Of St Mary

A 192 NZ 37 NW (West side) Holywell, Whitley Bay 8/5 Church of St. Mary II Chapel of Ease. 1885, by W.S. Hicks. Stone chamfered plinth and quoins to rendered lower walls; timber-framed with rendered infill, above half-rail. French clay tiled roof; lead dome to bellcote, brick ridge stack to vestry. 5-bay unaisled rectangle with south-east vestry. Side walls have vertical studding; 2- and 3-light windows with elliptical heads to lights and leaded glazing. West end has similar 2-light windows flanking boarded door in segmental arch with carved spandrels; roof above hipped below gablet with 2-light window beneath cove carrying diagonally-set bellcote with slatted openings under shouldered arches, and octagonal swept dome with wrought-iron cross fleury. East end has square panelling and window of 5 trefoil-headed lights under a segmental arch; large shaped brackets carrying moulded bargeboards with pendant finial; cast-iron finial cross.

Interior: Brattished dado rail; similar rail with rosettes at sill level of east window. Roof of arch-braced collar-beam trusses with strutted upper king posts and carved bosses.

Listing NGR: NZ3134374810