Church of St Joseph and St Francis Xavier (Catholic)
CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH AND ST FRANCIS XAVIER (CATHOLIC), NEWBIGGIN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1096919
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Joseph and St Francis Xavier (Catholic)
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH AND ST FRANCIS XAVIER (CATHOLIC), NEWBIGGIN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1096919
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Joseph and St Francis Xavier (Catholic)
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH AND ST FRANCIS XAVIER (CATHOLIC), NEWBIGGIN
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH AND ST FRANCIS XAVIER (CATHOLIC), NEWBIGGIN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Richmond
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 16825 00986
Details
NEWBIGGIN
NZ 1600 NE (north side)
681-/5/10002 CHURCH OF SS JOSEPH AND FRANCIS XAVIER
Catholic Church
GV II
Roman Catholic Church. 1867-8, designed by George Goldie. Coursed
rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Single nave and chancel
with curved apse aisles, western porch and south western tower.
Gothic Revival style. Chamfered plinth, flush ashlar quoins and cill
bands, raised coped gables with kneelers and finials. South, entrance
front, has projecting single storey lean-to porch with five pointed
arches, containing 3 traceried windows and single flanking doors.
Above 3 tall chamfered lancets, and a quatrefoil tracery circular
window above. To the right a 2 light pointed arch window. To the left
the tall slender tower with a square base rising to an octagonal bell
-stage with short octagonal stone spire with 4 lucarnes. The lower
stages have small stair lancets, and the bell-stage 4 narrow lancet
bell openings. Clerestory has 5 circular windows to each side with
chamfered quatrefoils. Aisles has pairs of chamfered lancets and
alternating buttresses, with projecting vestry to east with external
gable stack and circular stair turret with conical lead roof and
finial. Projecting boilerhouse to west has tall circular stack.
North apsidal end has three large, 3-light pointed arch windows with
cinquefoil and trefoil tracery. Interior. Nave has 4 bay east arcade
and 5 bay west arcade, with circular piers and responds with chamfered
bases and stiff-leaf capitals, and plain, slightly chamfered arches.
North west bay has panel tracery and dividing slender pier. Wooden
roofs supported on curved stone corbels. Fine ashlar and marble
curved reredos, and pulpit. Later wooden reredoses to aisles.
Original C19 pews survive in the nave. Some good quality late C19
stained glass. Wooden organ and gallery to south.
Listing NGR: NZ1682500986
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439831
- 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.
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