Church of St Chad is a Grade II* listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Church.
Church of St Chad
- WRENN ID
- endless-latch-cream
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Chad, Rawling Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 249 617
- Coordinates
- 54.94934, -1.61168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Chad, built between 1900 and 1903 by Hicks and Charlewood, is a Grade II* listed building. Constructed from ashlar, it features a fairly low pitched slated roof and is designed in a 14th-century style. The church has a cruciform layout with aisles and an octagonal crossing tower that includes battlements, a corona of crocketed pinnacles, and a narrow fleche with a vane. The building showcases extensive tracery, with some flamboyant elements and early Perpendicular style details. The elaborate carved surround of the north door includes symbols of the Evangelists and three niches above it that house figures of saints. Additionally, there are retro-chapel and vestry extensions to the east. This church is noted for being an expensive and accomplished example of a town church.
Local climate
Church of St Chad receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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