In use 1900 until 1937. OS maps show it as an United Methodist Chapel, Peter Ryder says it was Methodist New Connexion.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
In use 1900 until 1937. OS maps show it as an United Methodist Chapel, Peter Ryder says it was Methodist New Connexion.
Site Name
Station Road, Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
HER Number
14739
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
19
DAY2
10
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436010
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569040
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Shields
Description
Designed by renowned Scottish architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson. It was originally intended to be a replica of St. Andrew's Episcopalian Church in Fife, but in the end its design was modified to suit the site and details were more attuned to an English taste (e.g. lighter buttresses). St. Augustin's is an extremely rare example of this architect's work in England. In 1877 the parish of North Shields was created. Captain Linskill of Tynemouth Lodge donated a site for a new parish church. The foundation stone was laid in September 1881 by the Rt. Hon. The Earl Percy MP. It was opened in June 1884 by the Bishop of Newcastle. Due to a shortage of funds, the church was incomplete and consisted only of an aisled nave. In 1878 the pulpit from St. Nicholas's Cathedral in Newcastle was presented to the church and in 1885, an organ by Foster and Andrews of Hull from Christ Church, Sunderland was installed. The chancel and organ chamber were completed in 1888. During the First World War the organ screen, choir stalls, chancel floor and oak entrance porch were added. It is Early English Gothic in style and uses alternating short buttresses with a variety of window forms to the nave and aisles. Squared coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. The later vestry is of uncoursed square sandstone with ashlar corner piers. Westmorland slate roof with red terracotta ridge tiles and cast iron rainwater goods. The two storey vestry was added in 1954. The quality of the exterior is matched by the interior. The tall nave has exposed brick walls, which contrast with the yellow sandstone ashlar dressings of the arcade and clerestory. There are alternating octagonal and circular columns. Good quality materials are used throughout - marble flooring, marble steps to the chancel, ornate metal chancel screen and altar rail. The carved oak altar, choir pews, pulpit and screen are of good quality. The organ has decorative pipes. There are pitch pine benches. Anderson also designed the font of 1885, which is well detailed and has an intricate design crisply carved in the stone. The stained glass in the east window is by Martin Travers. It is a memorial to the Fallen of the First World War. Travers is considered to be one of the most distinguished church furnishers and stained glass painters of C20. Two windows in the south aisle, dating to the early 1930s, are by Reed Millican & Co. of Newcastle. The Lady Chapel and its oak reredos were designed by the vicar Thomas Douglas and installed in 1937. St. Augustin's Church is externally intact and retains a largely intact interior complete with many original good quality fixtures and fittings. Toilets and a kitchen have been inserted in the north aisle, and a kitchen and Sunday school room in the south aisle, but this work (1999) has caused minimal disturbance to historic fabric and does not detract from the overall quality of the church interior.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Designed by renowned Scottish architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson. It was originally intended to be a replica of St. Andrew's Episcopalian Church in Fife, but in the end its design was modified to suit the site and details were more attuned to an English taste (e.g. lighter buttresses). St. Augustin's is an extremely rare example of this architect's work in England. In 1877 the parish of North Shields was created. Captain Linskill of Tynemouth Lodge donated a site for a new parish church. The foundation stone was laid in September 1881 by the Rt. Hon. The Earl Percy MP. It was opened in June 1884 by the Bishop of Newcastle. Due to a shortage of funds, the church was incomplete and consisted only of an aisled nave. In 1878 the pulpit from St. Nicholas's Cathedral in Newcastle was presented to the church and in 1885, an organ by Foster and Andrews of Hull from Christ Church, Sunderland was installed. The chancel and organ chamber were completed in 1888. During the First World War the organ screen, choir stalls, chancel floor and oak entrance porch were added. It is Early English Gothic in style and uses alternating short buttresses with a variety of window forms to the nave and aisles.
The church was listed Grade II in 2012 with the following description:
Details
MATERIALS: the church is of squared coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings, the later vestry is of uncoursed square sandstone with ashlar corner piers. It has Westmorland slate roof coverings with red terracotta ridge tile and cast iron rainwater goods (some replaced with UPVC pipes). The windows have stained or leaded glass.
PLAN: rectangular nave with aisles and chancel; the latter has a large organ chamber attached to its south side and a vestry to its north side.
EXTERIOR: the church is designed in Early English style.
North Elevation: chancel with paired lancets and an attached two-storey, three-bay vestry with a flat roof, slightly projecting corner piers and a castellated parapet with a central, open bellcote. There is a pointed arched ground floor entrance to the right bay with paired lancets above; the left bay has paired lancets to each floor and the central bay has a single lancet to the ground floor. The five-bay nave has a clerestory of large roundels with cinquefoil tracery set within short pointed arched recesses with continuous hoodmoulds. The windows alternate with short buttresses. The aisle is pierced by four round-headed windows with continuous hoodmoulds and a sill stringcourse, alternating with short buttresses. A buttressed, pointed arched gabled entrance at the west end has moulded and columned reveals and double wooden doors with a blind vesica over.
West End: buttressed with a large single pointed arched window in the end of each aisle with hood moulds; the steeply pitched nave with skew stones, has a small oculus at its apex with a large vesica below and paired large pointed arched windows.
East Elevation: similarly steeply pitched and detailed with a large oculus and triple lancet windows below. The apex is surmounted by a stone Celtic cross. The attached full height organ chamber has a pyramidal roof and a lancet with continuous hoodmould.
South Elevation: this is partly obscured but similarly styled to the north elevation
INTERIOR: the chancel has exposed red brick walls above vertical oak panelling with marble flooring and steps to the dais and intricately carved wooden alter. The stained glass of the east window, depicting various Saints, The Risen Christ and The Virgin Mary, forms a memorial to the Fallen of the First World War. It is influenced by the Baroque of Italy and Spain while incorporating contemporary fashions seen in its striking colour scheme and bold patterns. Beyond the ornate metal alter rail there are choir pews to either side in carved oak. To the right is the full height pointed arched organ chamber and organ with carved screen and decorative pipes. The ornate metal chancel screen is set on a stone base as is the richly carved oak pulpit situated immediately left of the chancel arch. Behind the pulpit there is a brass plaque recording the building of the church and on the south side of the chancel are brass war memorials listing the names of the Fallen. Set into the east wall of the south aisle is a small Lady Chapel with an oak reredos. A clergy vestry and entrance lobby with choir vestry above is attached to the north wall of the chancel and accessed through double wooden doors through the east wall of the north aisle; both vestries have fitted wooden cupboards. The nave roof is a wooden barrel vault and the aisles have large lean-to trusses to each column and timber purlins at the mid point. The nave has exposed red facing brick walls and is divided from the aisles by five pointed arches supported on alternating octagonal and circular columns and capitols: piers and arches are in ashlar sandstone. Both aisles have stained glass windows. The benches are pitch pine and the floor is tongue and groove boarding. The lobby occupying arch four of the north aisle is oak-panelled with double wooden doors with leaded upper panels. The sandstone font at the west end comprises a shaft of four attached pillars and an octofoil bowl. Toilets inserted into arch five of the same aisle and a kitchen and former Sunday school room (now a crèche) inserted within arches four and five of the north aisle are not of special interest.
Built 1864. In use until 1887 when the congregation moved to Brown memorial Chapel on Walker Road. The 1896 and 1907 Ordnance Survey 10ft maps show the building as a Sunday School.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Methodist New Connexion Chapel. Built 1864. In use until 1887 when the congregation moved to Brown memorial Chapel on Walker Road. The 1896 and 1907 Ordnance Survey 10ft maps show the building as a Sunday School.
Site Name
Byker, St. Anthony's, Engine Street, methodist chapel
Site Type: Specific
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
HER Number
14737
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
429520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563860
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
On 1860 Ordnance Survey. 1907 edition shows it as a Mission Hall.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
On 1860 Ordnance Survey. 1907 edition shows it as a Mission Hall.
Site Name
Lowthian Street, Presbyterian Chapel (United)
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
14736
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
429590
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563820
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
On 1860 Ordnance Survey but unlabelled on 1896. Gone by 1919. Very small chapel.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
On 1860 Ordnance Survey but unlabelled on 1896. Gone by 1919. Very small chapel.
Site Name
Engine Street, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14735
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
429490
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563950
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walker
Description
Stood behind houses in the angle between Cambrian Terrace and Bell Street. On 1860 Ordnance Survey. Unlabelled on 1896 and 1919 editions. Demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Stood behind houses in the angle between Cambrian Terrace and Bell Street. On 1860 Ordnance Survey. Unlabelled on 1896 and 1919 editions. Demolished.
Site Name
Cambrian Terrace, Independent Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Nonconformist Chapel
HER Number
14734
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
416930
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Walbottle
Description
Built 1881. Out of use 1961. Gable-fronted chapel with bellcote, Gothic.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built 1881. Out of use 1961. Gable-fronted chapel with bellcote, Gothic.
Site Name
Primitive Methodist Chapel II
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14733
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
417770
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Iron
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567620
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
North Walbottle
Description
A circa 1900 photograph (West Newcastle Picture History Collection) shows a corrugated iron building. The 1920 Ordnance Survey shows a likely structure just to the south of the west end of South Views, which was the south side of the original square of the colliery village. Gone by the 1960 Ordnance Survey.
Site Type: Broad
Mission Hall
SITEDESC
A circa 1900 photograph (West Newcastle Picture History Collection) shows a corrugated iron building. The 1920 Ordnance Survey shows a likely structure just to the south of the west end of South Views, which was the south side of the original square of the colliery village. Gone by the 1960 Ordnance Survey.
Site Name
North Walbottle, mission room
Site Type: Specific
Mission Hall
HER Number
14732
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
417750
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567700
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Walbottle
Description
Building shown but unlabelled on 1896 Ordnance Survey. Humble rubble-built chapel, two round-arched windows on north gable end. Registers survive from 1903 to 1965. Demolished in the 1970s.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Building shown but unlabelled on 1896 Ordnance Survey. Humble rubble-built chapel, two round-arched windows on north gable end. Registers survive from 1903 to 1965. Demolished in the 1970s.
Site Name
North Walbottle, methodist chapel
Site Type: Specific
Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14731
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Newcastle
Easting
425710
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564620
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Shieldfield
Description
Junction of Henry Street and Ridley Street. Built in 1861. Out of use around 1898. The 1919 and 1940 OS maps show the building as a Mission Hall.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Junction of Henry Street and Ridley Street. Built in 1861. Out of use around 1898. The 1919 and 1940 OS maps show the building as a Mission Hall.
Site Name
Copland Place, United Free Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
HER Number
14730
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey