The Church

Today the recently renovated church sits proudly, overlooking the beautiful Tyne Valley (view MAP).

 

Our church is dedicated to Our Lady and St. Cuthbert and the recitation of the Daily Rosary is encouraged throughout the parish.

 

Our Lady's grotto is featured in the church gardens and is regularly visited by members of the community for prayerful reflection.

The Church is Grade II listed. English Gothic, early Perpendicular and designed by the architect, Archibald Dunn of Dunn, Hansom and Dunn, it was built in 1891. The Church has been fully restored at a cost of £600,000 in 2004/5. This conservation project was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (administered by English Heritage) with a grant of £63,000, and by the Historic Churches Preservation Trust based in London with a grant of £17,000. It has disabled access and a disabled toilet with baby changer. It also has the loop system for the hard of hearing. Unusual for a church, the gargoyles depict the signs of the zodiac. The three hundredweight Bell was made by Taylor ’s of Loughborough in 1891. It rings the Angelus at noon and 6 in the evening, as befits a church dedicated to our Lady. The belfry is diffused with blue light when the church floodlighting system is switched on, producing a magnificent effect, as the beauty of the church is revealed against the night sky”