Wingrove Avenue, St. Nicholas Cemetery, chapels

Wingrove Avenue, St. Nicholas Cemetery, chapels

HER Number
9954
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Wingrove Avenue, St. Nicholas Cemetery, chapels
Place
Fenham
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Cemetery Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1857 by A.M Dunn. Two chapels, a gatehouse and west and south entrances. St. Nicholas Cemetery chapels act as a large and impressive sandstone entrance to the site. The entrance consists of an archway and two identical single storey, double height, chapels on either side of it. It was probably built around 1857 as a mortuary. Chapel on east was Church of England, chapel on west was nonconformist. The east wing contained a vestry and two utility rooms/workshops, the west wing was converted into a groundskeeper's lodge with a dining room, living room, kitchen, bathroom and three bedrooms. The chapel buildings were recorded in 2013. They were described to be functional and unremarkable. The laebl stops, corbels and grotesques and gargoyles are their redeeming features {2}.. LOCAL LIST
Easting
422810
Northing
564970
Grid Reference
NZ422810564970
Sources
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; AAG Archaeology, 2013, St. Nicholas Cemetery, Studely Terrace, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne - Historic Buildings Recording