Description

NZ 26 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY ROAD
(north side)

12/161 Church of St. Ann
14/6/54

G.V. I

Parish church. 1764-68 by William Newton for the Corporation of Newcastle.
Sandstone ashlar; Lakeland slate roof. Rectangular with west porch and shallow
east apse; west tower above nave. 3 steps up to Tuscan tetrastyle porch with
pediment. Large overlight with glazing bars above panelled double door. Top
pediment on west elevation, above which is a square clock tower with floor band
and cornice with urn finials; 2 narrow octagonal stages above have arched
recesses with impost strings; cornices; stone spire. 0Arched recesses with sill
and impost strings hold 4 nave windows, reduced in C19, and 3 apse windows, all
round-headed with glazing bars. Gutter cornice and coped parapet. Interior:
Painted plaster above boarded dado; renewed panelled plaster ceiling. High
panelled dado to apse with reredos of 1911 by Ricks and Charlewood in classical
style: Corinthian attached columns supporting a broken dentilled pediment
Archivolts and impost string to 3 windows; west bay contains south vestry and
north choir vestry, flanking entrance bay. Monuments: low-relief urn on mount
by Davies commemorating Joseph Crawhall, mayor and sheriff of Newcastle, died
1853; bracketed Frosterly marble surround to plaque in memory of George Clifford,
died 1853. Gothic-style stone memorial plaque on east wall by Pearson to
George Heriot, first vicar. The church was built as a chapel of ease to All
Saints and replaced a medieval chapel.

Listing NGR: NZ2606364276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534279

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

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability