Byker, Avondale Road, Church of St. Michael with St. Lawrence

HER Number:
6226

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Avondale Road, Church of St. Michael with St. Lawrence

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Parish Church

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Parish church. 1862-3 by W.L. Moffat. 1936 addition of north aisle and vestry. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and plinth. Welsh slate roof with stone copings. Aisled nave with tower over south porch; chancel with north organ chamber and north vestry. Flat Tudor arch to vestry door. Octagonal Gothic font with shields 1843 by R. Scott. Glass in north aisle commemorates H.T. Ormerod, curate from 1893. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2729

Northing:
6448

Grid Reference:
NZ27296448

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29