Gateshead, Durham Road, Church of St. George
Gateshead, Durham Road, Church of St. George
HER Number
8283
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, Durham Road, Church of St. George
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1899 dated on foundation stone. Architect Stephen Piper. Rusticated snecked
sandstone with ashlar dressings. Nave and passage aisles, very tall. Arts-and-
Crafts lancet style. South-west saddleback tower with angle turrets. Balancing
north-west porch. Two wide nave bays, two gabled transept bays of equal width;
long, tall chancel with low aisles and half-octagonal south vestry projection with
mullion-and-transom windows. Church windows are grouped or stepped lancets.
Lofty, plain and dignified interior, ashlar and plaster. Wood barrelled roof whose
braces rest on stone corbels. Woodwork and metal fittings of good quality. Pleasing
stained glass in east and west windows and south aisle. LISTED GRADE 2
sandstone with ashlar dressings. Nave and passage aisles, very tall. Arts-and-
Crafts lancet style. South-west saddleback tower with angle turrets. Balancing
north-west porch. Two wide nave bays, two gabled transept bays of equal width;
long, tall chancel with low aisles and half-octagonal south vestry projection with
mullion-and-transom windows. Church windows are grouped or stepped lancets.
Lofty, plain and dignified interior, ashlar and plaster. Wood barrelled roof whose
braces rest on stone corbels. Woodwork and metal fittings of good quality. Pleasing
stained glass in east and west windows and south aisle. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425800
Northing
561730
Grid Reference
NZ425800561730
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/68