Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church located on Newgate Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. It features a chancel arch and the lower part of the tower and arcades dating from the 12th century, with a 13th-century chancel, upper part of the tower, and north transept. The north chapel was added in the 14th century, and the early 14th-century south-west porch was refronted in 1726. The church underwent restorations in the 19th century, including the addition of a south transept.

The building is constructed from sandstone with varying courses and blocks, complemented by ashlar dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate, with a stone-flagged roof on the south-east porch. The structure includes a west tower, an aisled nave with a south porch, transepts, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a south porch. The three-stage tower features a massive south-west buttress and irregular fenestration in the first and second stages, with 2-light Decorated windows in the third stage beneath a battlemented parapet. The west door is 2-centred arched.

The south porch has a round-headed door set in hollow-chamfered reveals within a corniced projecting panel, which is supported by consoles above. It also features channelled rustication, a cornice, and a segmental pediment. The aisle windows, designed by Fowler in 1866, are 4-light elliptical-headed, while the clerestory windows are in the Perpendicular style beneath a roll-moulded parapet. The north transept and south chancel wall both have stepped lancets, and the south transept is in a Neo-Norman style. The chancel porch has a head-stopped dripmould above a triple-moulded arch, and the large east window was rebuilt in 1866 to replicate the original.

Inside, the church features coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. The low-pitched roof has short king posts with bosses that were repainted in the 19th century. The high chancel arch is adorned with zig-zag moulding in two orders on pilasters and shafts. The arcades consist of four bays with round piers and octagonal capitals supporting plain recessed round arches, while the transept arches are higher, with the north transept arch being pointed. The tower arch is double-chamfered with half-octagonal pilasters and capitals. The tower baptistry contains a restored font of pedestal and bowl type, topped with a tall Decorated cover. The Royal Arms from 1817-37 are displayed over the high arch of the west door. A 20th-century north vestry and hall extension have also been added.