CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1024728
Date first listed: 14-Jun-1954
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WESTGATE ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WESTGATE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
National Grid Reference: NZ 24700 64011
Summary
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History
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Details
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
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 304918
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing