Gainsborough Avenue, RC Church of St. Oswald
Gainsborough Avenue, RC Church of St. Oswald
HER Number
9685
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Gainsborough Avenue, RC Church of St. Oswald
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1965 by Pascal J. Stienlet & Son. Free-standing concrete bell-tower; monopitch roof linking the large scale of the church with the smaller scale of the presbytery and parish halls. Stations of the cross in glass, designed to be viewed from both sides, by David Gormley. Stained glass in south chapel, St. Oswald window by Pierre Fourmaintreaux. LOCAL LIST
Easting
436650
Northing
563170
Grid Reference
NZ436650563170
Sources
N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 418; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011:
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/68/SS; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/South-Shields-St-Oswald
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/68/SS; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/South-Shields-St-Oswald