History in Structure

Former Church of St Jude, Shieldfield

A Grade II Listed Building in Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9787 / 54°58'43"N

Longitude: -1.5998 / 1°35'59"W

OS Eastings: 425712

OS Northings: 564967

OS Grid: NZ257649

Mapcode National: GBR SR7.TH

Mapcode Global: WHC3R.D4F3

Plus Code: 9C6WXCH2+F3

Entry Name: Former Church of St Jude, Shieldfield

Listing Date: 30 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1024747

English Heritage Legacy ID: 304868

ID on this website: 101024747

Location: Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2

County: Newcastle upon Tyne

Electoral Ward/Division: Ouseburn

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Newcastle St Barnabas and St Jude

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

Tagged with: Church building

Find accommodation in
Jesmond

Description


NZ 26 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE SHIELD COURT
(south side)
12/522 Former Church of
St. Jude, Shieldfield.
G.V. II
Parish church, now workshop. 1891 by A. B. Plummer. Dark red brick with red
sandstone ashlar dressings and plinth; graduated Lakeland slate roof. Aisled
nave and chancel; east apse; south-east chapel with apse. Romanesque style.
Triple-moulded surround to round-headed boarded double door with scrolled
hinges in shallow projection in north aisle with gablets flanking overlapping
stone coping. Stone surrounds to round-headed windows, under roll-moulded
brick arches with projecting stone sills, in panels formed by plinth, pilasters
and Lombard frieze of moulded brick. Clerestory lunettes have varied glazing
patterns. Apse has 5 high panels under 5 smaller panels, the 3 central main
panels containing small round-headed windows with block-stopped drip moulds;
upper panels have basket brickwork; top Lombard frieze to each panel and
top dentilled cornice. South-east chapel has similar windows. Blocked north
door. Blank west front. Steeply-pitched roof, curved over apse. Gabled
wood bellcote in clerestory above south door. Interior: brick with white
stone ashlar dressings; tongue-and-groove boarded dado; panelled ceiling.
Stone sill band and frieze; flat pilaster bay divisions with brick entablature
of quasi triglyphs and dentils continuous across apses at both ends. Dentilled
top cornice. 5-bay round arcades with modified Corinthian capitals. Apse has
top lunettes with basket brickwork. War memorial to dead of parish in first
World War in west apse: marble slab on black mount.


Listing NGR: NZ2571264967


This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 August 2017.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.