St. Andrew’s Church stands amid the leafy avenues of Roker in Sunderland, rising from a massive base to culminate in a solid, robust tower. Although the style is essentially Gothic, the imposing masses are not refined into delicate Gothic forms but are left stark and blunt and the rugged bulk is executed in coarse-grained local stone. St. Andrew’s was designed by the outstanding Arts and Crafts architect Edward Prior (1852-1932) and houses contributions from several leading members of the Arts and Crafts Movement.