Gosforth, Jubilee Road, St. Nicholas Hospital, theatre,chapel

HER Number:
9057

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Jubilee Road, St. Nicholas Hospital, theatre,chapel

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Former theatre and chapel, now the recreation room. 1865. Designed by JW Dyson of Newcastle. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, and ashlar coped gables with tall finials. Gables contain small circular windows with glazing bars. Side elevations have 6 round headed windows. Interior has plain Roman Doric pilasters all around, at the west end a raised stage with a segmental arch way decorated by Royal Doulton tiles. The spandrels of this proscenium arch are decorated with more Royal Doulton tiles decorated in an Art Nouveau style. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2342

Northing:
6797

Grid Reference:
NZ23426797

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 1833/8/23