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

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map