St. Mary's RC Cathedral, presbytery
St. Mary's RC Cathedral, presbytery
HER Number
9005
District
Newcastle
Site Name
St. Mary's RC Cathedral, presbytery
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
Site Type: Specific
Priests House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
R.C. presbytery. Circa 1860 by E.W. Pugin; additions 1869 by A.M. Dunn. Brick
with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Irregular plan with right wing
breaking forward through 45°. Tudor style. 2 storeys, 3 bays; lower 2-storey
3-bay link to Cathedral vestry at left. Main block has one-storey canted porch,
with central door in Tudor-arched surround, and stone surrounds to windows in angles.
Gabled bay at left with one window on each floor, and square stair turret with
lancets under parapet at right. Lancet and 7-light windows above porch. Wing
breaking forward has front chimney stack with offsets, flanked by arched stone
windows. Steeply-pitched roofs, hipped to main block and link, have tall polygonal
chimneys with ashlar strings and cornices. LISTED GRADE 2
with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Irregular plan with right wing
breaking forward through 45°. Tudor style. 2 storeys, 3 bays; lower 2-storey
3-bay link to Cathedral vestry at left. Main block has one-storey canted porch,
with central door in Tudor-arched surround, and stone surrounds to windows in angles.
Gabled bay at left with one window on each floor, and square stair turret with
lancets under parapet at right. Lancet and 7-light windows above porch. Wing
breaking forward has front chimney stack with offsets, flanked by arched stone
windows. Steeply-pitched roofs, hipped to main block and link, have tall polygonal
chimneys with ashlar strings and cornices. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424460
Northing
563870
Grid Reference
NZ424460563870
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 22/185