Tyne and Wear HER(8283): Gateshead, Durham Road, Church of St. George - Details
8283
Gateshead
Gateshead, Durham Road, Church of St. George
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Church
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
1899 dated on foundation stone. Architect Stephen Piper. Rusticated snecked
sandstone with ashlar dressings. Nave and passage aisles, very tall. Arts-and-
Crafts lancet style. South-west saddleback tower with angle turrets. Balancing
north-west porch. Two wide nave bays, two gabled transept bays of equal width;
long, tall chancel with low aisles and half-octagonal south vestry projection with
mullion-and-transom windows. Church windows are grouped or stepped lancets.
Lofty, plain and dignified interior, ashlar and plaster. Wood barrelled roof whose
braces rest on stone corbels. Woodwork and metal fittings of good quality. Pleasing
stained glass in east and west windows and south aisle. LISTED GRADE 2
2580
6173
NZ25806173
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/68