CHRIST CHURCH - Coatham

  • Description

    "Church, 1854 by Coe and Godwin, from the benefaction of Mrs. Teresa Newcomen. Late C19 organ chamber. Squared random sandstone rubble with Bath stone dressings. Welsh slate roofs. West tower, clerestoried and aisled nave with south porch, chancel with south organ chamber and north vestry. Decorated style with reticulated tracery. 4-stage tower has double-chamfered plinth, angle buttresses with offsets, vice at south-west angle and stone broach spire with ornamented metal finial..... the church is associated with the Christ Church Sisterhood, the first Anglican religious community in the north, who from 1854 provided a hospital and medical services for the people of Middlesbrough and sent trained workers to found or help medical services in other industrial areas. The church also has value as a local landmark...."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1159776
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 10 months ago
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