Notable buildings
St. Stephen's Church is a Grade 2 listed building, built in 1897-1898 by Smith, Brodrick and Lowther. It was formally consecrated by the then Archbishop of York in 1899. The church was built at a cost of £7000 funded by the generosity of a Thomas Whitaker, a barrister, of Everthorpe Hall. Built in Gothic style of local yellow brick, from the 'Land of Nod', an area of the canal towards Market Weighton and close to Sodhouse Lock, the church features a large five light east window of stained glass. The tower forms the main church entrance to the west of the building. |
Newport School was built in 1880 by Alfred Gelder, the 25 year old architect son of a North Cave farmer. He was mayor of Hull five times (1899- 1903), MP for Brigg (1910-1918) and was knighted in 1903. Alfred Gelder was responsible for many major buildings in the City of Kingston upon Hull and the Edwardian re-planning of the city centre. An active Wesleyan, he served as a local preacher and died in 1941. The school was sympathetically extended in the early 1990s, the architects winning a conservation award. |
The Old Vicarage is a large, elegant late Victorian building built in an Elizabethan style at the turn of the 20th Century. The building, which stands to the south of the church, ceased to be a vicarage in the 1950s and remains a private residence. |
Ocean Terrace was built in 1873 and is a late example of the three storey lodging houses built to accommodate industrial workers in the area when Newport was a thriving commercial centre. The derivation of its name is unknown, but speculation suggests that perhaps the River Humber could be seen from the top storey. The terrace now accommodates the Newsagent and Post Office. |
The Wesleyan Chapel and Methodist Centre is a Grade 2 listed building, built in 1789. Services were held upstairs in a single large Meeting Room above a short row of narrow cottages. In the 1870s the rooms upstairs became a day school, at that time the only school held in the village. Today the cottages are church rooms, a florist, and office. |
Wallingfen Methodist Chapel, together with its entrance gates, are also Grade 2 listed buildings. The chapel was built in 1814 and is one of the best remaining examples of a Wesleyan Chapel of that era. It is one of only a few with a burial ground. The gates are of wrought-iron, with a semicircular motif and urn finials to gate posts, and a later overthrow with lamp holder. |
