The Song School and Choir Vestry is a Grade I listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Library, vestry.
The Song School and Choir Vestry
- WRENN ID
- mired-porch-summer
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Library, vestry
- Address
- The Song School and Choir Vestry, St Nicholas' Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- NZ 250 640
- Coordinates
- 54.97002, -1.61077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Song School and Choir Vestry is a Grade I listed building located in St. Nicholas' Churchyard, Newcastle upon Tyne. It was constructed in 1736, possibly designed by Daniel Garrett. The building is made of sandstone ashlar and showcases a Palladian style. It stands three stories tall and features five bays.
The ground floor is rusticated and has steps leading up to a part-glazed six-panelled door on the right, framed by an architrave with a large key and flanking voussoirs. The ground-floor sash windows, which have glazing bars, are similarly framed, with the right window being broader. A band runs along the first floor, where the bays are defined by a Giant Ionic Order that contains sash windows with glazing bars in lugged surrounds. The first-floor windows feature alternate pediments. Above the entablature, there is a blocking course.
Plain iron railings and handrails are present on the steps. Historically, the building was funded by Walter Blackett to house the library bequeathed to the church by Dr. Thomlinson.
Local climate
The Song School and Choir Vestry 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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