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 small church with an unusual structural history, which retains the homely atmosphere of the old tin church it... Read More
A notable design by the Belgian-born architect Charles Menart, who had a major Glasgow-based church practice in the... Read More
Built for the Presbyterian Church in 1899 and making the best of its corner site, with a modest, but distinctive... Read More
A 1950s church built on a site established as a Catholic mission half a century earlier. It is typical of the work... Read More
A large post-war church built to serve a housing estate, economically built and with a functional interior. The... Read More
A large red brick late nineteenth-century Gothic Revival town church, designed by a well-regarded North East firm. The... Read More
A nicely detailed, conventionally designed church built to serve a post-war housing estate, by the well-regarded... Read More
A modest design, built to serve a post-war housing estate, economically built and with a functional interior. The... Read More
A typical example of the many modest, well-built churches built to serve post-war housing estates. The interior is... Read More
A good Early English Gothic design by J. A. Hansom, with a fine interior retaining original and early fittings of... Read More
Placed on a large garden plot against fields on the northern edge of the village, this is a modest and well-executed... Read More
A large red brick Gothic Revival church and early work by Charles Walker of Newcastle, replacing an earlier... Read More
