Brighton Grove, Church of St. Augustine of Hippo

Brighton Grove, Church of St. Augustine of Hippo

HER Number
6345
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Brighton Grove, Church of St. Augustine of Hippo
Place
Fenham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. The Victorian church of St Augustine of Hippo was consecrated in 1892. It is a fine sandstone building of two storeys and also has a tower. A roof from the ground floor aisles leads up to a row of stained glass windows on the second storey. The tower rises to a tall spire which is surrounded by four smaller spires. The tower is decorated with blind arcading and four large pointed arches each containing two lancet windows. LOCAL LIST
Easting
423050
Northing
564810
Grid Reference
NZ423050564810
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map