Wyclif Baptist Church

NZ 26 SW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ELSWICK ROAD (south side) 11/228 Wyclif Baptist Church G.V. II Nonconformist church. 1901-2 by G. Baines & Son. Bright red brick with biscuit- coloured terracotta dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat terracotta copings. Aligned north-south. 4-bay nave with ritual north-west tower; twin transepts; shallow chancel. Free Perpendicular style. Ritual west (facing street) has central gabled porch containing double door, with elaborate hinges, in Tudor- arched surround with chamfered jambs; deep buttresses on porch. High window above with shafts rising to stilted gable pediment containing blind tracery; buttresses flank porch and window. Tower at left of 3 low stages has door with traceried overlight in Tudor arch; ogee drip mould; 5-light cusped belfry openings; roll- moulded coping to battlements; parabolic slated tower with tall finial. Crocket finials to gabled buttresses. Roll-moulded coping to transept gables. Said to have hammer-beam roof. Disused at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ2278463818