Newcastle, Westgate Road, Church of St. John

HER Number:
1481

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Church of St. John

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Parish Church

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
In the medieval period this was a parochial chapel dependent on St. Nicholas. It dates from the early 12th century, but the first tower is probably 13th century. It was considerably enlarged in the 14th century and early 15th century. The work of the latter part of the 15th century was probably the gift of Robert Rhodes. LISTED GRADE 1

Easting:
2470

Northing:
6400

Grid Reference:
NZ24706400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1481 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 106-21, 673-6 H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, 23-28 E. Mackenzie, 1827, Newcastle, 342-357 W.H. Knowles, 1897, St. John's Church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VII (for 1895-96), 119-121 TW.H. Knowles & J.R. Boyle, 1890, Vestiges of Old Newcastle and Gateshead, 156-7 F. Bradshaw, 1916, The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296, St. John's Parish, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XIII, 269-76 R.J.S. Bertram, A.H. Thompson & C.H. Hunter Blair, 1922, Notes on the old glass in St. John's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XIX, 35-49 A.H. Thompson, 1923, St. John's ChurchProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X (for 1921-22), 160-162 R.J.S. Bertram, 1937, St. John's Church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, VII (for 1935-36), 55-56 N. Pevsner, rev. various, 1992, Northumberland, Buildings of England; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk; Thomas Yellowley, 2006, Stained glass in Tyneside's Finest, p 193; Brenda Whitelock, 1992, Timepieces of Newcastle; Thomas Oliver, 1844, Historical and Descriptive Reference to the Public Buildings on the Plan of the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 114; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 26; information sheets produced by St. John's Church