Church Of St Andrew

NZ 2664 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NEWGATE STREET (west side) 20/416 14/6/54 Church of St. Andrew G.V. I Parish church. C12 chancel arch and lower part of tower and arcades; C13 chancel and upper part of tower, and north transept; C14 north chapel. Early C14 south-west porch refronted 1726. C19 restorations and addition of south transept. Sandstone of varying courses and blocks with ashlar dressings; Roof of Welsh slate with stone-flagged roof to south-east porch. West tower; aisled nave with south porch; transepts; chancel with north chapel and vestry, south porch. 3-stage tower with massive south-west buttress, has irregular fenestration in first and second stages under corbel table; 2-light Decorated windows in third stage under battlemented parapet; 2-centred-arched west door. South porch has round-headed door in hollow- chamfered reveals in a corniced projecting panel with consoles to panel above; channelled rustication, cornice and segmental pediment to porch. 4-light elliptical- headed aisle windows 1866 by Fowler; Perpendicular clerestory windows under roll- moulded parapet. North transept has stepped lancets, as has the south chancel wall. Neo-Norman south transept. Chancel porch has head-stopped dripmould over triple- moulded arch. Large east window rebuilt 1866 copying original. Interior: coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; low-pitched roof has short king posts with bosses repainted in C19. High chancel arch has zig-zag moulding in 2 orders on pilasters and shafts; 4-bay arcades with round piers and octagonal capitals to plain recessed round arches; higher arches to transepts, that at north pointed. Double-chamfered tower arch and half-octagonal pilasters and capitals. Tower baptistry has restored font of pedestal and bowl type, with tall Decorated cover. Royal Arms of 1817-37 over high arch of west door. C20 north vestry and hall extension.

Listing NGR: NZ2454564412