Roman Catholic Church Of St Augustine

DARLINGTON CONISCLIFFE ROAD NZ 2814 SE (North side)

8/34A CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE Roman Catholic Church

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Roman Catholic Church. 1825-7. Originally designed by Ignatius Bonomi, 1865 enlarged and remodelled by Joseph Hanson, 1899 enlarged again. Ashlar with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with ashlar coped gables and kneelers, plus cross finials. Rusticated quoins and chamfered plinth. 4-bay nave, with narrower 2-bay chancel, all under the same roof. West end has a pair of tall, 3-light mullion and transom windows with shallow pointed arch heads and trefoil tracery. Between is a pointed arch niche with an elaborate crocketted surround. Above a louvred pointed opening. The north wall has 4 tall 3-light mullion and transom windows with shallow pointed arch heads and trefoil tracery to the nave, and 2 shorter similar 3-light windows to the chancel. The east chancel wall is blank. The south wall of the chancel also has two 3-light windows plus a low single storey vestry in front. The south nave wall has 3 tall, 3-light mullion and transom windows with shallow pointed arch heads with trefoil tracery. The westernmost window is partly obscured by a single storey porch, which has a pair of short lancets and a pointed and chamfered doorway with double plank doors. Beyond to the west is an octagonal stone tower, with a tall lancet to each alternate face and above a bellcote with a single lancet to each face; the whole is topped by a short octagonal spire with lucarnes. Interior: the nave has a large western gallery supported on iron columns. A plain collar beam roof with arched braces. The chancel has elaborately carved roof panels. The fittings are largely c.1899 with an elaborated carved and painted reredos. Source: The Darlington Catholics: A history up to 1866 by G Wild.

Listing NGR: NZ2858614382