Oxford Street, Church of St. Peter
Oxford Street, Church of St. Peter
HER Number
15541
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Oxford Street, Church of St. Peter
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Demolished Building
Description
Church of St. Peter by John Dobson, Gothic, 1840-3. Demolished in the 1930s to make way for the Church of the Divine Unity built in 1938-40 (HER 6245). Materials from St. Peter's were reused in the north aisle and vestry of St. Michael's in Byker added to the 1862-3 church in 1936.
Easting
425230
Northing
564650
Grid Reference
NZ425230564650
Sources
Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 192