Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- eternal-floor-hyssop
- 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 Cuthbert, Bensham Road, NE8 2HQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 247 623
- Coordinates
- 54.95524, -1.61467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Cuthbert, built in 1848 by John Dobson, features a wide north aisle added in 1875. It is constructed from coursed stone with ashlar dressings and has a high-pitched Welsh slate roof, designed in a simple Romanesque style. The building showcases a prominent eaves corbel table and a 5-bay nave that is divided by flat buttresses. There are single round-headed windows set in deep recesses. The short, low apsidal chancel includes small cross-gabled aisles, with the southern aisle displaying chevron moulding on its window and a small turret at the peak. The south-west tower, which has two stages, contains a porch with a chamfered and moulded doorway, featuring two orders of nook-shafts. The tower is topped with a stone broach spire that has lucarnes. Additionally, there is a small west vestry extension.
Inside, the church features round arcade piers and simple double-chamfered arches. A west gallery supported by wooden columns is present, along with an arch-braced timber roof resting on stone corbels. The chancel is rib-vaulted and has a chevron moulded arch. Notable stained glass windows are included, created by Wailes and Thompson.
Local climate
Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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