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Church of St. Mary and St. Thomas Aquinas and presbytery adjoining.

A Grade II Listed Building in Ryton, Gateshead

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9702 / 54°58'12"N

Longitude: -1.7327 / 1°43'57"W

OS Eastings: 417209

OS Northings: 563991

OS Grid: NZ172639

Mapcode National: GBR JBBZ.N3

Mapcode Global: WHC3P.CB4L

Plus Code: 9C6WX7C8+3W

Entry Name: Church of St. Mary and St. Thomas Aquinas and presbytery adjoining.

Listing Date: 18 November 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1355082

English Heritage Legacy ID: 303794

ID on this website: 101355082

Location: St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, Stella, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE21

County: Gateshead

Electoral Ward/Division: Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Ryton

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Blaydon and Swalwell

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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BLAYDON
STELLA ROAD (south side)
Church of St. Mary and St. Thomas Aquinas and presbytery adjoining.


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II
Roman Catholic church and presbytery. 1831-1832 by John Green; 1848- 849, porch, chancel and fleche by Dobson. Church: coursed squared sandstone with plinth and ashlar dressings; roof Westmorland slate with stone gable copings. Aligned north-south. Nave and chancel.

Six-bay nave has alternate block jambs and sloping sills to lancet windows; gabled buttresses between. In second bay steeply-gabled porch with elaborate doorway. Above porch a three-mouchettes window.Chancel has three lancets and stepped buttresses. Cross finials to low-pitched roof of nave and steeply-pitched of chancel. Octagonal stone belfry over chancel arch has weather vane finial to spirelet.

Interior: deep splays to lancets; pointed chancel arch with dog-tooth on shafted columns with foliage capitals. Chancel has sedilia on south, seat in imitation of wall tomb on north. Gothic revival altar, and wood communion rail.

Glass in the first north bay of nave, in memory of Thomas Parker, priest, died 1847.
Other good Victorian glass, also in porch. Presbytery attached to north: sandstone ashlar; roof concealed by parapet. Perpendicular style. Three storeys, five windows x two. North elevation of one, three and one windows has central projecting bay and corner turret. Central pointed-arched door between shafts recessed in flat-headed surround, with mouchettes in spandrels under label mould; above this a three-light transomed window between bracketed niches under label moulds; ogee-headed niches in gable peak. Flanking recessed bays have two-light windows; square turrets one-light sash window with stone mullions.

Roof: high central ridge flanked by two low ledges. Interior: turrets provide corner cupboards; some Gothick, some three-over-three panelled doors; blocked door on second landing formerly communicated with organ loft of church.

Listing NGR: NZ1720963991

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