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).
A simple centrally-planned modern church of the mid 1970s, which replaced an earlier church in a converted barn, of... Read More
A small church from the 1950s which has been re-orientated and reordered using modern furnishings from local... Read More
A fine neo-Romanesque brick design of the 1920s by a notable Newcastle firm of architects. The scale and external... Read More
Church and presbytery form a fine set piece, now within a mature and very attractive garden. The architecturally... Read More
A timber and steel frame multi-functional building of 1964, pleasantly updated internally at the end of the last... Read More
A large Gothic Revival church of the Edwardian years in a style of c.1300. It is quite conservative in spirit for its... Read More
A former miners’ welfare complex, probably built just before or after the First World War and brought into use by... Read More
A well-detailed 1960s church, designed to fit in with its village context while nevertheless remaining distinctively... Read More
A Gothic Revival church of the 1850s designed by a leading Catholic architect. The planning and motifs employed are... Read More
A well massed building taking advantage of its hillside setting and with a somewhat severe architectural character not... Read More
A handsome stone-built Early English Gothic design of the early twentieth century; not adventurous for its date and... Read More
