Description

NZ 2464 SE, NZ 2564 SW, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ST NICHOLAS' STREET
NZ 2463 NE, NZ 2563 NW (east side)
20/, 21/, 23/ and 24/490 Cathedral of St.Nicholas
14.6.54
G.V I
Parish church; cathedral since 1882. Mostly mid C14, incorporating earlier work
in N.W. crossing and north arcade; C15 tower and spire. Many alterations later
include the addition of north and south porches in C19 by J. Green and Dobson.
Sandstone, coursed and squared except for modern ashlar; lead-covered roofs.
West tower with transepts and porches; aisled nave with south chapel; transepts;
aisled chancel with north chapel and south vestry (with Thomlinson Library
St. Nicholas Churchyard,q.v.). Decorated windows in transepts, south aisle
and clerestory, Perpendicular elsewhere; many renewed. Renewed west and late C20
north and south doors in moulded arches, the latter under tall windows, in
gabled porches. 3-stage tower has big polygonal buttresses; 5-light window
above door; small 2-light windows and tall paired 2-light belfry openings in
upper stages; high pierced, battlemented parapet has centre-side pinnacles and
taller corner pinnacles which enclose 4 flying buttresses holding square lantern;
smaller pinnacles and battlemented parapet on this surround slender octagonal spire.
Interior: coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; arch-braced panelled
roofs with heraldic bosses. 4-bay nave and 4-bay chancel arcades have octagonal
columns with plinths but without capitals, the triple-chamfered arches springing
directly from them; high crossing arches in similar style, but chancel arch on
responds with capitals. Tower has arches in similar style with 5 chamfers;
ribbed vault. Head-stopped drip-moulds to arcades; string and drip-moulds to
aisle; plain clerestory. Low blind arcade on south wall interrupted by chapel.
Crypt in north transept has 5-mouchette window and chamfered segmental transverse
ribs. Octagonal stone font with arms of Robert Rhodes, a C15 benefactor, and
high crocketed cover. Pre-reformation brass eagle lectern. South chapel has
medieval roundel of the Virgin and Child in each window; much C19 glass
commemorating local industrialists and Grey of Falloden.
Monuments: 2 medieval grave covers, one with head and feet of body depicted in
'openings ; C14 effigy of knight with shield, lamb at feet; large high-quality
C15 incised brass from the grave of Roger Thornton in All Saints', on south
chancel aisle wall; several C17 memorials including large sculpture of the
Maddison family at prayer; Matthew Ridley, d. 1778, by J. Bacon in classical
style; Admiral Collingwood, d. 1810, by Rossi; Matthew White Ridley of
Blagdon Hall, died 1813, as a Roman by Flaxman; Calverly Bewicke, died 1815,
by Baily; R.H. Williamson died 1835, by Dunbar; alabaster effigy of J.C. Bruce
by George simmonds, dated 1896; effigy of Bishop Wilberforce, 1908, by
F. W. Pomeroy.

Listing NGR: NZ2498964007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Newcastle Cathedral at Wikipedia
• Newcastle Cathedral official website
• Wikidata Q1736200

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)