Avondale Road, Church of St. Michael with St. Lawrence
Avondale Road, Church of St. Michael with St. Lawrence
HER Number
6226
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Avondale Road, Church of St. Michael with St. Lawrence
Place
Byker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Parish church. 1862-3 by W.L. Moffat. 1936 addition of north aisle and vestry. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and plinth. Welsh slate roof with stone copings. Aisled nave with tower over south porch; chancel with north organ chamber and north vestry. Flat Tudor arch to vestry door. Octagonal Gothic font with shields 1843 by R. Scott. Glass in north aisle commemorates H.T. Ormerod, curate from 1893. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
427290
Northing
564480
Grid Reference
NZ427290564480
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29