Chapel Of St Edmund And Trinity Centre

1. HIGH STREET 5099 Chapel Of St Edmund NZ 2563 5/14 26.4.50 and Trinity Centre

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2. St Edmund's Chapel: Early C13 five-bay building, with gable end to road having elaborate design of seven stepped and moulded lancets under dripmoulds with nail- head below, Nos 2, 4 and 6 only glazed. Beneath, is the multi-moulded central doorway with three orders of nook shafts flanked by upper and lower pairs of trefoil-headed, multi-moulded blank arches. South return has single lancets with plain chamfered heads and nook shafts; stepped buttress bay divisions.

To North the Community centre, formerly Church, of 1837 by John Dobson, related in design: 5 stepped lancets in gable end under relieving arch and dripmould. Projecting porch leads to North vestry with undercroft. Octagonal turret with short stone spire. This part now divided into two floors for community use but architectural features are retained.

At south side of forecourt a good, late C16, stone doorway with short fluted pilasters, entablature and flattened Tudor arched entrance, moved here from front of court. It was the entrance to Gateshead House, built on site of St Edmund's Hospital by William Riddell.

Listing NGR: NZ2570563136