West Street, Church of St. Joseph and presbytery
West Street, Church of St. Joseph and presbytery
HER Number
8277
District
Gateshead
Site Name
West Street, Church of St. Joseph and presbytery
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
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
425500
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ425500563000
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