Shibdon Road, Church of St. Joseph
Shibdon Road, Church of St. Joseph
HER Number
8203
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Shibdon Road, Church of St. Joseph
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
R.C. parish church and attached presbytery. 1905 by Shibdon and Walker
of Newcastle. Rock-faced undercroft to church of snecked sandstone with
ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with roll-moulded gable copings.
Church: aisled nave; short transepts giving access to canted-apsed side chapels
of chancel. Perpendicular style. 6-bay nave has north entrance in second
bay from west: 4-centred-arched door in square surround with triangular
parapet. 2 small cusped windows to each aisle bay; tall cusped clere-
story windows recessed under elliptical-headed arches. Round west window
above two 3-light windows. 2-bay chancel has tall cusped windows under
eaves dentil table; tall gabled buttresses flank large round east window above
central gabled buttress. Cross finials to roof. Interior: rear-arches to
clerestory windows. High, pointed chancel arch. Wagon roof to crossing
and chancel; plastered panelled nave ceiling. Gothic style altar and
reredos. West organ loft. Presbytery of 3 storeys, 3 bays by one, with
2-storey rear wing. Door in one-storey porch rear; symmetrical
street front has 2 windows on ground, 3 on first and 4 on second floors.
All windows sashes with upper glazing bars. LISTED GRADE 2
of Newcastle. Rock-faced undercroft to church of snecked sandstone with
ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with roll-moulded gable copings.
Church: aisled nave; short transepts giving access to canted-apsed side chapels
of chancel. Perpendicular style. 6-bay nave has north entrance in second
bay from west: 4-centred-arched door in square surround with triangular
parapet. 2 small cusped windows to each aisle bay; tall cusped clere-
story windows recessed under elliptical-headed arches. Round west window
above two 3-light windows. 2-bay chancel has tall cusped windows under
eaves dentil table; tall gabled buttresses flank large round east window above
central gabled buttress. Cross finials to roof. Interior: rear-arches to
clerestory windows. High, pointed chancel arch. Wagon roof to crossing
and chancel; plastered panelled nave ceiling. Gothic style altar and
reredos. West organ loft. Presbytery of 3 storeys, 3 bays by one, with
2-storey rear wing. Door in one-storey porch rear; symmetrical
street front has 2 windows on ground, 3 on first and 4 on second floors.
All windows sashes with upper glazing bars. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
418440
Northing
563300
Grid Reference
NZ418440563300
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/22; N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 111; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Blaydon Bank Conservation Area, pp. 12-14; N.G. Rippeth, 1990, Blaydon in old picture postcards; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Blaydon-on-Tyne-St-Joseph [accessed 7th March 2016]