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Charles Street, SEAHAM, SR7 7SG

Parish church. 1835-40 by Thomas Prosser, north aisle added 1860, choir and vicar's vestries added by R.J. Johnson in 1885-6. Dressed limestone with sandstone dressings and moderate-pitched graduated Welsh slate roofs. West tower, aisleless nave and chancel, north aisle, north choir and vicar's vestries. Perpendicular style. Windows have mainly rectilinear tracery with trefoil-headed lights, chamfered reveals, hoodmoulds and alternating jambs. See description here: https://keystothepast.info/search-records/results-of-search/results-of-search-2/site-details/?PRN=D36106 https://web.archive.org/web/20221119095506/https://keystothepast.info/search-records/results-of-search/results-of-search-2/site-details/?PRN=D36106

The church as seen from the south over a grassed field which once was the graveyard but the monuments have been removed due to instability and are arranged around and against the perimeter wall.

Built in 1857 due to the rapid expansion of New Seaham and the inability of the old Church of St.Mary's to be able to cope with all the extra burials. To give some idea of this, the parish census for Seaham in 1841 was 153, by 1851 it was at 729, by 1861 it was an incredible 2591, and by 1891 it was close to 4800 souls.

Opened in 1855 as Seaham by the Londonderry Seaham & Sunderland Railway, this station was renamed Seaham Harbour in 1925 but closed in 1939 and was later demolished. View north west across the former forecourt towards the single platform. The area has been mostly redeveloped. The wooden fence appears to follow the alignment of the back of the platform, so the platform was to the left of it. The two trees on the right appear to be where the single storey station building was, with the station hotel just beyond it. Some old bricks at the base of the fence may be the only evidence of the site's previous use.

This OS cut mark can be found on the north face of St John's Church. It marks a point 29.608m above mean sea level.

The parish Church of Seaham, grade 2 listed, dating from 1835-40 with more recent additions.

Pedestrianised street leading from the Harbour up to St John's Parish Church.

The Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1277262?section=official-list-entry church by Thomas Prosser dates from 1840. The north aisle was added in 1860 and the choir and vicar's vestries were added by R.J.Johnson in 1885-6. An historic timeline can be found on the church website: https://stjohns-seaham.org.uk/church-history

The Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1277262?section=official-list-entry church by Thomas Prosser dates from 1840. The north aisle was added in 1860 and the choir and vicar's vestries were added by R.J.Johnson in 1885-6. An historic timeline can be found on the church website: https://stjohns-seaham.org.uk/church-history