1891 – Church of St. Aidan, West Hartlepool, Durham

A red brick Victorian church designed in the Early English style, dedicated in 1890. Listed Grade II. Listing reads: “Church 1891, by J.H. Morton (Sunderland), tower 1911. Brick with stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs having crested ridge tiles. Clerestoryed and aisled nave, lower chancel with south aisle, north organ chamber, and northwest tower over porch. three-stage tower has octagonal vice at southwest angle, rising to top of second stage. Niche to north face with figure of St. Aidan, over doorway of three orders. Platetraceried window to west face of lower stage, under continuous hoodmould. Two lancets with sill bands, to north, east and west faces of second stage, below lozenge-shaped open-work clock faces. Upper stage has tall five-bay arcade to each face, of alternate narrow and wider pointed openings with heavily moulded heads and slim shafts; narrow arches blank, wide arches open with louvres. Straight dentilled parapet with moulded coping and square pyramidal lantern at south-west angle. Set-back buttresses at all angles of church.”