Church of St. Michael and All Angels

HER Number

1300

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Parish Church

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The earliest documentary evidence to a church is 1067. The earliest part of the fabric of the existing church is the probable early Norman west tower with quasi-Saxon features, though it has been suggested that the megalithic quoining at the south-east angle of the nave might be pre-Conquest. The nave is aisled, with two 4-bay arcades, the north one with round piers and waterleaf capitals of c. 1175, and the south one with double-chamfered arches and alternating round and octagonal piers of the 13th century. The chancel is largely 13th century, and the transepts were added in the 14th century or 15th century. The aisle walls, clerestory, vestry north of the chancel and south porch are all 19th century. LISTED GRADE 1

Easting

416670

Northing

565360

Grid Reference

NZ416670565360

Sources

<< HER 1300 >> J.C. Hodgson, 1895, A Survey of the Churches of the Archdeaconry of Northumberland... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVII, 246 and n.
Sir S. Glynne, 1909, Notes on Churches in Northumberland and Durham: Newburn,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, III (for 1907-08), 227
Dr Nowell, etc. 1910, Newburn,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, IV (for 1909-10), 53-54, 59-61
C.C. Hodges, 1925, Ovingham Church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, I (for 1923-24), 281
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn Parish, Ecclesiastical History, Northumberland County History, XIII, 118-131
N. Pevsner, rev. various 1992, Northumberland, Buildings of England, 405-06
T. Gilhespy, (date unknown), St. Michael and All Angels, Newburn