Gateshead, West Street, Church of St. Joseph and presbytery

HER Number:
8277

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, West Street, Church of St. Joseph and presbytery

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Roman Catholic Church

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Roman Catholic. 1858 by A M Dunn. Coursed dressed stone with high pitched slated roof. French Gothic style. Nave, aisles, short transepts, east chevet with swept pointed roof. Base for a tower at North-west corner but tower apparently not built. Gabled south-east chapel. Much elaborate tracery. Low south link to Presbytery, of similar materials. Three storeys, three bays in modified Gothic style with shaped window heads. Built to house three priests. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2550

Northing:
6300

Grid Reference:
NZ25506300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/1; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Walker Terrace/Regent Street Conservation Area, pp 20-24; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 26; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Gateshead-St-Joseph