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St John's Church, Gateshead Fell
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OS grid reference NZ 265 605
Location Church Road, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St John, Gateshead Fell
History
Status Parish church
Dedication John the Evangelist
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 26 April 1950
Architect(s) John Ions
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1824
Completed 1825
Construction cost £2,742
Specifications
Materials Stone, slate roof
Administration
Parish Gateshead Fell
Deanery Gateshead
Archdeaconry Sunderland
Diocese Durham
Province York

St John's Church, Gateshead Fell, is in Church Road, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Gateshead, the archdeaconry of Sunderland, and the diocese of Durham. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. The church stands at the highest point in Gateshead.

History

In 1809, the Enclosure Act decreed that there be a church built on Gateshead Fell and an acre of land was set aside for that purpose. A grant of £1,000 (equivalent to £70,000 in 2021) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. Designed by John Ions, the foundation stone was laid by Rev. John Collinson, at a "lofty eminence" on Sour Milk Hill, on 13 May 1824. Building continued into the next year and the church was consecrated on 30 August 1825. The total cost was £2,742 (equivalent to £190,000 in 2021). In the 1990s alterations were carried out at the rear of the church to create meeting rooms, toilets, and a kitchen.

Architecture

St John's is constructed in ashlar stone with a Welsh slate roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The plan of the church consists of a nave, a short chancel, and a west tower with a spire. The tower also has diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet. The windows along the sides of the church are lancets. The two-manual organ was made by Harrison and Harrison. It replaced an organ made in about 1929 by Blackett and Howden, and was installed in 2000. The organ was formerly in St Aidan's Church, Blackhill, Consett.

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