Church of St Hilda is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. Church.
Church of St Hilda
- WRENN ID
- hidden-shingle-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Hilda, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- NZ 361 670
- Coordinates
- 54.99685, -1.43719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Hilda is a Grade II listed building located in the Market Place. The tower dates from the 18th century, while the main body of the church was rebuilt between 1810 and 1811. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a hipped slate roof. The church has two tiers of windows; the lower ones are tall, and the upper ones are small "clearstory" windows, all adorned with semi-circular hoods. The apse includes three lights, and there is a Tuscan doorcase marking the former entrance in the center of the north wall.
The west tower has rusticated quoins and contains a semi-circular headed west door. Above this door is a circular window, followed by two stages with louvred belfry openings, culminating in a clock and a pyramidal slate roof behind a parapet. Flanking the tower are vestries, each featuring a "Venetian" window and external stairs leading to a gallery.
Inside, the church is a single space with galleries supported by cast iron columns. Notable interior features include a font from 1675 made by Robert Trollop, a gilt chandelier from 1802, and a model of a lifeboat from the same year suspended from the ceiling. The organ case was designed by J F Bentley between 1865 and 1866. The church serves as the parish church of South Shields and is believed to be located on the site of a chapel founded by St Aidan around AD 647, which was placed in charge of St Hilda.
Local climate
Church of St Hilda receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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