Tyne and Wear HER(9146): South Gosforth, Church Road, Church of St. Nicholas - Details
9146
Newcastle
South Gosforth, Church Road, Church of St. Nicholas
South Gosforth
NZ26NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Parish Church
Post Medieval
C18-C20
Extant Building
Parish church. 1799 tower and west end by John Dodds after demolition of earlier
church; 1820 additions by John Dobson; 1912/13 and 1950 additions. Sandstone ashlar;
graduated Lakeland slate roof. West tower with north and south porches; aisled
nave with north vestries and second north aisle; chancel with porches and small
apse. Flat stone lintels to double doors in west porches; 3-stage tower has
west window, similar blind window above and belfry openings in set-back third
stage below cornice and octagonal stone spire with swept eaves. Blocked south
door and inserted south-east door have flat stone lintels. All windows round-
headed, those of nave recessed with projecting stone sills in tall round-arched
panels; smaller narrow square-headed windows flank main east window. Coped
parapets above eaves band; stone gable coping with cross finial; semi-dome to
apse. Interior: painted plaster above panelled dado; segmental boarded roof
with side vaults to 2 oeuils de boeuf. Nave arcades of 2 wide elliptical arches
with narrow arches at east and west ends; 5-arched arcade to extra North aisle.
Ionic Order to chancel arch; panelled sanctuary. Headstones built into south
aisle wall. Glass includes memorial to J.B. and M.A. Row by G.J. Baguley,
Newcastle, 1902. LISTED GRADE 2
2507
6807
NZ25076807
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/12; Newcastle City Council, 2002, Gosforth Conservation Area Character Statement, p 45; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29