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 the 1950s to serve a housing estate, this is a modest design with some typical features of its time. The... Read More
A large church of 1960 by David Brown, serving an area of post-war housing. Typically of its architect, it has a large... Read More
A majestic town church built by A.M. Dunn for the Dominicans, in transitional Romanesque-Gothic style. An intended... Read More
An impressive Byzantine revival building of the interwar period. It was designed by Stienlet & Maxwell, a... Read More
A stone-built Early English Gothic Revival design, originally built in 1847 as a Presbyterian church in New Bridge... Read More
One of Dunn, Hansom & Dunn’s finest compositions, a large structure which once presided over the terraces... Read More
A well-designed building of the post-war years, conventional in plan but with an unusual roof design. It has been... Read More
A striking and innovative design of the early 1970s, near to a medieval ruin and on the edge of a steeply-sided,... Read More
A solid and well-detailed neo-Romanesque design of the 1920s, showing some Byzantine influences, which makes a... Read More
The church was donated by the local landowner, and was commissioned from a distinguished firm of architects who worked... Read More
A mission was established at Newhouse as early as 1651. The present church dates largely from 1883, replacing a church... Read More
The 1984 work at St Joseph’s is a good piece of modern Catholic architecture, intelligently conceived and executed... Read More
