West Avenue, Church of All Saints
West Avenue, Church of All Saints
HER Number
8913
District
Newcastle
Site Name
West Avenue, Church of All Saints
Place
Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Parish church. 1885-1887 by R.J. Johnson; tower 1896. Sandstone ashlar with
moulded plinth; roofs of plain tiles over nave and chancel, Welsh slate else-
where. West tower with porches; aisled nave and chancel. Perpendicular style.
3-stage tower has high 4-light window with reticulated tracery; small 2-light
square-headed window above; high 3-light transomed belfry openings with sill
string; angle buttresses. l0 clerestory windows to nave, 5 to chancel, all
of 2 lights and square-headed; similar windows varying from 2 to 4 lights in
aisles; very big 7-light 2-centred-arched east window. Angle buttresses to
east front; double door in north-west porch. Tudor flower corbel tables and
battlemented parapets; gargoyles to tower corbel table above quatrefoiled
band. Interior shows painted plaster walls with ashlar dressings; panelled
dado; arch-braced collar-beam roof with painted carved bosses. Octagonal
piers with high plinths to 5-bay nave and 2-bay chancel arcades. High
chancel arch and tower arch; high-quality panelling by Hedley in chancel
and tower baptistry; rood screen also by Hedley. Glass includes east
window by Heaton, Butler and Baynes of London. Elaborately-carved Gothic
font and cover. LISTED GRADE 2
moulded plinth; roofs of plain tiles over nave and chancel, Welsh slate else-
where. West tower with porches; aisled nave and chancel. Perpendicular style.
3-stage tower has high 4-light window with reticulated tracery; small 2-light
square-headed window above; high 3-light transomed belfry openings with sill
string; angle buttresses. l0 clerestory windows to nave, 5 to chancel, all
of 2 lights and square-headed; similar windows varying from 2 to 4 lights in
aisles; very big 7-light 2-centred-arched east window. Angle buttresses to
east front; double door in north-west porch. Tudor flower corbel tables and
battlemented parapets; gargoyles to tower corbel table above quatrefoiled
band. Interior shows painted plaster walls with ashlar dressings; panelled
dado; arch-braced collar-beam roof with painted carved bosses. Octagonal
piers with high plinths to 5-bay nave and 2-bay chancel arcades. High
chancel arch and tower arch; high-quality panelling by Hedley in chancel
and tower baptistry; rood screen also by Hedley. Glass includes east
window by Heaton, Butler and Baynes of London. Elaborately-carved Gothic
font and cover. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424100
Northing
567750
Grid Reference
NZ424100567750
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 8/23