Worswick Street, RC Church of St. Andrew

Worswick Street, RC Church of St. Andrew

HER Number
6033
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Worswick Street, RC Church of St. Andrew
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Parish church built c.1880 and attached presbytery built 1863 to the designs of important Victorian architect EW Pugin. Stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Presbytery has rock-faced plinth. Set back entrance faƧade has doorway reached by six steps with a plank door with ornate iron hinges and overlight. To the right are two casements with leaded lattice glazing and stained glass panels. Interior retains original wooden staircase with two turned balusters per tread and moulded handrail, original marble fireplaces on ground floor, original doors, shutters, plaster coving and skirting boards. Church is also rock-faced with ashlar dressings. West front has glazed iron canopy over entrance. Central arched doorway with large rose window above. Arched windows. Interior - nave arcade has octagonal piers and double chamfered arches. Elaborate wooden roof. West galley with organ supported on two tall iron columns. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425090
Northing
564350
Grid Reference
NZ425090564350
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 1833/21/10078; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 143; Heritage Architecture Ltd. 2006, Historical Assessment of East Pilgrim Street, Newcastle; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Newcastle-upon-Tyne-St-Andrew