Church Overview

This little late Gothic church, with its French pavilion-style mini spire, was consecrated in 1887, and was the work of local Episcopal clergyman the Rev Edward Sugden. A hall was added in 1893, also of Sugden’s design, and a porch three years later.

The open hammerbeam roof and pillars gave the interior a Scandinavian feel. The sanctuary and chancel were panelled in 1908 by Thoms and Wilkie to complement the exterior Gothic details, apparently inspired by the woodwork in King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen. The same firm also added its choir stalls and the organ case, into which a George Sixmith organ was installed in the mid 1980s. There was also a fine reredos of 1914, painted as a triptych by noted artist William Hole.

The church also possessed a collection of fine stained glass by Clayton & Bell and the Newcastle Glass Co and a magnificent new stained glass window was installed in the south wall in the early 2000s after vandals smashed the original window.

The church congregation moved out in 2015 and the church became the Scottish Episcopal diocesan offices thereafter, until the building was deconsecrated in 2022 and sold to the local foodbank to house their operations.

church now closed. Building Sold in 2022 and now in use as a foodbank

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