High Elswick: St Paul

Name:
High Elswick: St Paul
Record Type:
Closed Church
Church code:
625131
Diocese:
Newcastle
Archdeaconry:
Unattached or Closed Church
Parish:
Not Applicable

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
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Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

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Conservation Area

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Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is on the Heritage at Risk Register (data verified 14 Nov 2024)
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Approximate Date

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Exterior Image

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Summary Description

A large Victorian Gothic church of surprisingly fresh and clean yellow sandstone, a remnant of the mid-late 19th-century development of this area of west Newcastle between Westgate and the River Tyne. Built 1856-9 to a design by John Dobson, replacing a chapel on Westgate Hill built in 1840.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship:
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Church Website

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Sources and Further Information

James Miles (2018) Closed Churches [Digital Archive/Data]
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~99749~115203 [Archive/Graphic material]

Other

ICBS File Number - 05050

Coverage - 1857

Created by ?DOBSON, John: b. 1787 - d. 1865 of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~99758~115204 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 05050

Coverage - 1859

Created by DOBSON, John: b. 1787 - d. 1865 of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell