Description

MORPETH OLDGATE (off)
NZ 1986 (North side )

Roman Catholic Church
22/356 of St Robert

GV II

Roman Catholic Church. 1850. Rock-faced stone with Lakeland slate roof.
Early English style. Porch-tower with spire, nave, chancel and vestry.

Porch-tower: 2-storey square lower stage with multi-moulded, pointed-arched
doorway, angle buttresses with niches containing saints, and lancets on 1st
floor. Broached corners lead to high bell stage with a tall lancet on each
side and triple-shafted columns at the angles; gablet above each side. Tall
octagonal needle spire.

6-bay nave has lancets under labels with head stops. Buttresses between each
bay. West end has arched door; above 7-light stepped lancets, alternately
open and blank, with shafts and shaft rings.

2-bay chancel with 3-light Decorated east window.

Single-storey vestry attached to chancel by short linking passage. Decorated
3-light window flanked by 2 saints and niches.

Interior has open timber roof with king posts and arched braces.

Listing NGR: NZ1969186041

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Roman Catholic Church of St Robert at Wikipedia
• Roman Catholic Church of St Robert official website
• Wikidata Q26449845

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record