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Latitude: 54.9701 / 54°58'12"N
Longitude: -1.6157 / 1°36'56"W
OS Eastings: 424700
OS Northings: 564012
OS Grid: NZ247640
Mapcode National: GBR SNZ.0L
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.4BWP
Plus Code: 9C6WX9CM+2P
Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist
Listing Date: 14 June 1954
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1024728
English Heritage Legacy ID: 304918
Also known as: St John's Church
ID on this website: 101024728
Location: Church of St John the Baptist, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Newcastle St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Church building
NZ 2464 SE and NZ 2463 NE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WESTGATE ROAD
(north side)
20/566 and 23/566 Church of St. John the
14.6.54 Baptist
GV I
Parish church. Mostly C14 and C15; chancel largely rebuilt 1848. Sandstone with
ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Cruciform with aisles clasping west tower; south
porch; north transept with west aisle. 3-stage tower has 3-light window, small
window above, and bar tracery to 2-light belfry openings under battlemented parapet
with corner pinnacles; octagonal clasping buttresses. Gabled porch has moulded 2-
centred arch. Segmental-headed 3-light aisle windows have perpendicular tracery;
elliptical-headed 4-light windows in transepts, clerestory and chancel. Nave
parapet. Interior: plaster with ashlar dressings; low-pitched roof. 4-bay arcades
have double-chamfered arches dying without capitals into octagonal piers. Continuous
hood-mould, with heraldic shields on north. North transept 2-bay arcade has octagonal
pier with moulded capital. High single-chamfered tower arch; side arches 4-centred;
ribbed vault to baptistry. Chancel arch restored. North chancel wall has upper part
of small round-headed window. C17 octagonal stone font with shields on sides; wood
cover in C15 style.
Listing NGR: NZ2470064012
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