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Description: | St. Paul’s church was built 1828 as a Chapel of ease to Holy Cross, Ryton and as a belated replacement for Crowley’s Chapel.Winlaton became a parish in its own right in 1832. The church is built to a gothic design by Ignatious Bonomi, it cost £2500 and could seat 800.the Tower has 6 bells, 5 original and one donated in 1864.The Chancel screen was donated in 1898 by the Clavering family of Axwell Park and the painting in the Lady Chapel was presented by Charles Clavering and is a copy of an old master.The font was donated by the Cowen family in 1909. The church has two windows by William Wailes, the east window which cost £145 and a small window in the west wall of the tower donated by William Wailes. Interesting graveyard and war memorial and on the tower the coats of arms of two Bishops of Durham and of Archdeacon Thorpe. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Church of England Churches and Chapels | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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