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St Ann, City Road, Newcastle
A handsome Georgian church by William Newton, 1764-68, with a Doric portico and four-stage tower at its west end. Grade I listed.
A better view and more info:
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Newton (1730-98) was one of a breed of skilled, provincial builder-architects who, during the C18th and C19th, created substantial parts of the built fabric of the country that we see today. He spent the whole of his life in Newcastle and established a large practice in the region, mostly building or remodelling country houses, but also designing a number of public buildings and housing in the city. Colvin's Dictionary of British Architects describes him as a "competent but conventional Georgian architect whose work is sometimes elegant, always pleasing, but never remarkable."
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Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 14 Aug 2012
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The Church of St. Ann, City Road, NE1 (2)
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 13 Oct 2015
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The Church of St. Ann, City Road, NE1 - porch and tower
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 13 Oct 2015
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The Church of St. Ann, City Road, NE1 (3)
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 13 Oct 2015
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The Church of St. Ann, City Road, NE1 - porch
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 13 Oct 2015
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Benchmark on SW corner, S face of St Ann's Church
Ordnance Survey 1GL bolt benchmark levelled at 28.563m above Newlyn Datum verified 1962. The mark was previously levelled at 93.649 feet above Liverpool Datum during the 1844-1845 1GL Carlisle to North Shields Survey. The surveyor's description was 'Mark No. 187. Bolt in S.W. corner of S. face of St. Ann's Church, New-road ; 1.57 ft. above surface
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 5 May 2022
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West end of St Ann's Church
There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark
Image on the near corner, right hand face, of the church. The spire is an Ordnance Survey intersected station trig point, http://trigpointing.uk/trig/10989
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 5 May 2022
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St Ann's Church, Battlefield
The church was built in 1764-68, to designs by William Newton, on the site of a medieval chapel. The building stone used was taken from the City Walls which used to run alongside the Quayside. The church was surrounded by open fields and was a prominent feature of the Quayside until terraced housing was built after 1880. The area became known as Battlefields from its popularity as a venue for dog fights. The church was a very important part of the local community.
Tyne and Wear HER (9150): Byker, City Road, Church of St. Ann http://www.twsitelines.info
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 11 Nov 2010
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The Church of St. Ann, City Road, NE1
The church, built in the 1760, was designed by William Newton (1730-1798) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newton_(architect) . Pevsner says that it is "a stately classical church in sandstone ashlar, miniature, however, with a plain and well-designed west tower". The church is Grade I listed http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355222 .
Image: © Mike Quinn
Taken: 13 Oct 2015
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St Ann's Church, north side City Road
The church's spire is an intersected station triangulation station: see http://trigpointing.uk/trig/10989
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 5 May 2022
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