The Diocese of Hexham was founded on 29 September 1850, becoming the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in 1861. Today it covers the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, and the part of Cleveland north of the River Tees. The cathedral is in Newcastle, and is dedicated to St Mary. 179 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2012).
Built in 1960 to serve the new town of Newton Aycliffe, the church is an economical, functional product of its time,... Read More
A rich mid-Victorian Early English Gothic design, built for Anglican use and acquired by the Diocese of Hexham &... Read More
A functional design of the 1970s, replacing a historic chapel of 1821.The first St Cuthbert’s church was... Read More
A well-detailed brick design of the 1950s, and a local landmark. The church has a loosely basilican exterior and a... Read More
On a domestic scale and appearance, with an interior dominated by the salvaged roof timbers, St Peter’s is a well... Read More
A small church of the early 1970s, of pyramidal construction and roof form, and with a warm, timber-clad... Read More
A modernistic portal-framed church of the mid 1960s with some unusual (but characteristic of Anthony J. Rossi)... Read More
A big-boned modern church of the mid-1960s by David Brown, built to serve the New Town of Peterlee. The concrete... Read More
An architecturally modest building put up shortly after World War II, greatly altered and extended in 1978. The raised... Read More
A church with an interesting history, the fabric having moved site (the chancel rebuilt twice). A good building that... Read More
A decent and well-lit building, marrying post-War techniques and ideas with traditional materials and making the most... Read More
An unusual Romanesque-classical hybrid design of the early twentieth century, originally serving a poor mining area.... Read More
