St. Mary's Cathedral (Newcastle upon Tyne)
The St. Mary's Cathedral in northeastern England Newcastle upon Tyne is the Episcopal Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle . The neo-Gothic hall church , built in 1842–1844, is considered to be one of the main works of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin . It is listed as a Grade I structure .
history
The history of the Catholic community of Newcastle began with the emancipation of Catholics in England and the Irish immigrants in the course of industrialization . St. Mary's Church , built as a parish church , became the cathedral of the newly established Diocese of Hexham when the Catholic hierarchy was restored in England in 1850.
Bomb damage in World War II made repairs necessary. An extensive renovation and redesign took place in 1980–1998.
Architecture and equipment
The cathedral is in the English decorated style . It has the unusual shape of a seven-bay hall church with three naves going through , of which the middle one is wider but only slightly higher. They have separate gable roofs with open roof trusses . The chancel is architecturally not set apart. The tall square tower with a pyramid spire on the western south side was added in 1872. The parish building in Tudor style adjoins the eastern south side .
Particularly noteworthy of the furnishings are the large Gothic-style triumphal cross, the richly figured altarpiece and the picture windows from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Individual evidence
Web links
- History and architecture (website of the cathedral, English)
- Entry to British Listed Buildings (English)
Coordinates: 54 ° 58 '9.2 " N , 1 ° 37' 9.2" W.