Newcastle and the North East - RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS, Churches and other Religious Places

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

Two lodges at Jesmond Old Cemetery up for lease
by Sarah Scott, Evening Chronicle, May 28th 2012

TWO VICTORIAN CEMETERY CHAPELS once used to look out for bodysnatchers have been put up for lease. The East and West Chapel Lodges at Jesmond Old Cemetery are being leased out by Newcastle City Council. The two identical grade II- listed chapels stand at the entrance to Jesmond Cemetery on Jesmond Road in Newcastle.

Both were built in 1836 by John Dobson for the Newcastle General Cemetery Company, and were restored in 1978 by Tyne and Wear County Council. Ray Hayes, who leads the Friends of Jesmond Old Cemetery, said the group were excited about the possible development of the two chapel lodges. “I think it is a great thing,” he said. “There used to be people using them as offices at one time but they moved to the Civic Centre and they have been empty for a year or so. I think if we had someone living there it could act as a deterrent to vandals. They are fine buildings and they could be of use to the city.”

The chapels are made of sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof and are constructed in a symmetrical, classical style.

Of course not forgetting that the Lodges come with their very own Crypts.

I remember having a tour of the during the 2002 Heritage Open Days when the Crypt at Jesmond Old Cemetery was opened to the public.

The Crypt or Catacombs are beneath the Chapels at the main entrance to the Cemetery were at the time used by Tyne & Wear Archaeology Department for storage purposes. Indeed one of the members of that Department was the Guide on the day.

There are some 22 shelves within the Crypt, which enabled coffins to be stored prior to burial. This was not a Crypt for the final resting place of bodies. Indeed one theory is that bodies were secured within the Crypt for up to 10 days prior to burial, thus allowing decomposition to take place, this then put off any grave robbers from disinterring the bodies from their final resting place. There is also evidence that the Crypts may have been used as air raid shelters during World War 2.








Above photographs hosted on www.steve-ellwood.org.uk

More photographs from the day @ http://www.fototime.com/inv/500EAFD1921D3BF

[Ken O'Heed]

Further to the external views of this building covered on post #253 dated 15/05/12 here are a few photographs of mine taken 23/05/12 showing internal views of the building ( hosted on Photobucket)



























KEN

[Ken O'Heed]

Some photographs of some of the religious building in the area noted above , taken by myself 23/05/12 (hosted on Photobucket)


Victoria Rd Methodist Church located junction of Victoria Rd / Derwentwater Rd Teams








St Philip Neri RC church & school, Dunston









Ravensworth Rd Methodist Church, Dunston

This must be one of the smaller churches around , at the end of a terrace of fairly new bungalows







KEN

[alf stone]

...or comparatively so:



Seems ironic as I remember it originally as Hawkes Ballroom and later a snooker hall. Not to be confused with the barber shop next door. Corner of Villa Place and Coatsworth Road.

[Ken O'Heed]

Text below from http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co...hieldfield-new

Former Church of St Jude, Shieldfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Description: Former Church of St Jude, Shieldfield

Grade: II
Date Listed: 30 March 1987
English Heritage Building ID: 304868

OS Grid Reference: NZ2571264967
OS Grid Coordinates: 425712, 564967
Latitude/Longitude: 54.9787, -1.5998

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.

These pictures of the exterior of the building taken by myself 04/06/12 (hosted on Photobucket)









Now used by architectural practice Ian Darby Partnership

KEN

[growly grace]

I've always liked the iron work besides the door, what was it's purpose?

[Ken O'Heed]

Nearly missed this church 26/06/12.

Photographs taken by myself and hosted on Photobucket

Located to north side of Scotswood Rd (entrance on Clumber Street) its construction on that elevation makes it look like an industrial unit

Does not have the spleandour of church it replaced, just to the west - St Stephens, whose spire remains












KEN

[Ken O'Heed]

Another former church building coming back to life in due course

This project just been given Planning Approval on Gateshead Planning Portal

DC/12/00564/LBC

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Conversion of church (use class D1) into childrens soft play (use class D2) and associated cafe (use class A3).

St Hildas Church Stella Road Ryton NE21 4NN


Documents on http://cominoweb.gateshead.gov.uk/Pl...tInDialog.page


This proposed plan drawing from Planning Documents



This screen print from Google Street View




Images hosted on Photobucket

KEN

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

Two lodges at Jesmond Old Cemetery up for lease
by Sarah Scott, Evening Chronicle, May 28th 2012


One of the two lodges at Jesmond Old Cemetery

TWO VICTORIAN CEMETERY CHAPELS once used to look out for bodysnatchers have been put up for lease. The East and West Chapel Lodges at Jesmond Old Cemetery are being leased out by Newcastle City Council. The two identical grade II- listed chapels stand at the entrance to Jesmond Cemetery on Jesmond Road in Newcastle.

Both were built in 1836 by John Dobson for the Newcastle General Cemetery Company, and were restored in 1978 by Tyne and Wear County Council. Ray Hayes, who leads the Friends of Jesmond Old Cemetery, said the group were excited about the possible development of the two chapel lodges. “I think it is a great thing,” he said. “There used to be people using them as offices at one time but they moved to the Civic Centre and they have been empty for a year or so. I think if we had someone living there it could act as a deterrent to vandals. They are fine buildings and they could be of use to the city.”

The chapels are made of sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof and are constructed in a symmetrical, classical style.


Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north...#ixzz1w9zZRIba

As a follow up to this piece - another article in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle of 12th July 2012 - copyright NCJMedia Ltd


Hosted on www.steve-ellwood.org.uk

[Ken O'Heed]

I read a story in the latest issue of "CHEERS" Magazine on Friday evening concerning a brewery setting up a new operation in a redundant church.

It is Jarrow Brewery who have recently acquired St Andrew's Church, Hebburn and architects Beaumont Brown are working on scheme (http://www.beaumontbrownarchitects.c...item.php?id=23 on 13 June 2012)

The church as shown in my pictures below (hosted on Photobucket), taken 17/07/12, with exception of 1st that was taken from river cruise in July 2011, really imposes itself on its surrounding area and if it is the church and adjacent premises have been bought then it is a large area to be utilised















Story from Jarrow Brewery website http://www.jarrowbrewery.co.uk/news.htm

Story from December 2011 on http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.c...wery-1-4070272 and 2 February 2012 on http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.c...aker_1_4206316

Have checked the South Tyneside Planning Portal and seems project not yet been applied for so be interesting to see when scheme progresses

A wonderful way to make use of a fine building


KEN

[Steve Ellwood]

Cannot say I have any memory of the Presbyterian Church in Barras Bridge but here is a photograph of the building being demolished in 1969 - courtesy of the City Libraries Archive Collection on Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcast...es/4078874614/

image hosted on flickr

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by Steve Ellwood

Cannot say I have any memory of the Presbyterian Church in Barras Bridge but here is a photograph of the building being demolished in 1969 - courtesy of the City Libraries Archive Collection on Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcast...es/4078874614/

image hosted on flickr

Interesting to see the demolition.

It was pretty much a part of the Newcastle University Precinct, it is certainly within the area covered by that now . . .



Source - A hard-copy print of my own, supplied by a friend at the Civic Centre in the 1980s

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[Newcastle Historian]

Vicar’s ‘no’ to boozers
by Michael Brown, Evening Chronicle, July 28th 2012



CENTRAL NEWCASTLE'S newest priest has vowed “zero tolerance” against the drunks who blight his city-centre churchyard – only days after saying they posed little problem. Dr Nicholas Buxton took over at St John the Baptist’s, on Grainger Street, on Monday and said he was willing to accept “a few old guys sitting and drinking cider”, but now the 45-year-old has changed his mind and declared he wants to force out those who would make the leafy oasis a no-go area for families.

“I’ll admit I didn’t at first realise that it’s prohibited in the city centre bye-laws to drink in the street – and that includes the churchyard,” said Dr Buxton, but since Monday I’ve been talking to people and have met with wardens from business improvement group NE1 and the police, and I really think we can do something to make it better for visitors, sooner rather than later. The churchyard needs to be an attractive spot for all the people who want to enjoy it, a jewel in the city centre, and that’s really important, not just for the church but for everyone as it’s not like there’s a nice garden spot on every corner.” He said: “If people want to be able to sit quietly around the church, then report these problems, you can ring the police on 101 and I would encourage people to do so.”

Work to clean up the churchyard has already begun with staff from NE1 helping out and Dr Buxton said he would also look to work with Newcastle City Council to ensure the area was maintained, with grass cut, trees and bushes pruned, and benches repaired.


Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north...#ixzz21v3xFbPf

[newcastlepubs]

I thought I'd post here rather than in the church section.... Durant Hall and Unitarian Church/Chapel [?]. Was it built as a church? It has the look of a 30s power station - quite like it but it seems a bit of out place in its setting.



Answered my own question

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co...stle-upon-tyne

'Baptist church and attached meeting room. 1938-40. Designed by Cackett, Burns Dick & Mackellar.'

So presumably built for the current tenants.

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by newcastlepubs

I thought I'd post here rather than in the church section.... Durant Hall and Unitarian Church/Chapel [?]. Was it built as a church? It has the look of a 30s power station - quite like it but it seems a bit of out place in its setting.

Answered my own question

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co...stle-upon-tyne

So presumably built for the current tenants.

Moved from the rather nice and definitely different looking Church on New Bridge Street in 1939.

Image, 1850, courtesy of the Newcastle City Libraries Archive Collection on Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcast...es/4076605842/

image hosted on flickr


History of the Church @ http://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/newca...ne/history.htm

[Percy Trimmer]

Originally Posted by newcastlepubs

I thought I'd post here rather than in the church section.... Durant Hall and Unitarian Church/Chapel [?]. Was it built as a church? It has the look of a 30s power station - quite like it but it seems a bit of out place in its setting.



Answered my own question

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co...stle-upon-tyne

So presumably built for the current tenants.

But it can't be both a Baptist Church and a Unitarian Church!

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Percy Trimmer

But it can't be both a Baptist Church and a Unitarian Church!

I've seen references to Unitarian Baptist churches on the Internet, i.e. Local History: Hull Presbyterian and Unitarian Church @ http://www.change.freeuk.com/learnin...k/hisbits.html

[Percy Trimmer]

Originally Posted by Steve Ellwood

I've seen references to Unitarian Baptist churches on the Internet, i.e. Local History: Hull Presbyterian and Unitarian Church @ http://www.change.freeuk.com/learnin...k/hisbits.html

I think those are 19th century references. Unitarianism grew out of earlier Dissent - I think mainly Presbyterian. Baptists tended to be a bit more Orthodox (it would be odd to major on baptism if you didn't believe in the divinity of Christ). I think there is just a mistake in the record here.

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Percy Trimmer

I think those are 19th century references. Unitarianism grew out of earlier Dissent - I think mainly Presbyterian. Baptists tended to be a bit more Orthodox (it would be odd to major on baptism if you didn't believe in the divinity of Christ). I think there is just a mistake in the record here.

This photograph has a note with it saying St Peter's Church in Ellison Place stood on the site of the now Church of the Devine Unity - hadn't realised there was a church there before, as they say you live and learn.

From Genuki @ http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/...chHistory.html
St Peter's, Oxford Street (junction with Ellison Place) was built in 1843 as a chapel of ease to St Andrew's, and became a separate ecclesiastical district in 1844. It was in the Gothic style, from a design by John Dobson, and could accommodate 1,134 people. The church was demolished around 1933.

Courtesy of the Newcastle City Libraries Archive Collection on Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcast...es/4081928725/

image hosted on flickr

[newcastlepubs]

Originally Posted by Percy Trimmer

I think those are 19th century references. Unitarianism grew out of earlier Dissent - I think mainly Presbyterian. Baptists tended to be a bit more Orthodox (it would be odd to major on baptism if you didn't believe in the divinity of Christ). I think there is just a mistake in the record here.

Bit off my patch, but from history I seem to remember unitarianism being originally from central Europe and being loosely connected with [or at the same time as] the European protestant reformation.