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Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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Location in Tyne and Wear
Location in Tyne and Wear
Sacred Heart Church
Location in Tyne and Wear
55°02′27″N 1°37′15″W / 55.0407°N 1.6209°W / 55.0407; -1.6209
OS grid reference NZ2432271866
Location North Gosforth
Country England
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website http://www.sacredheartng.org.uk/
History
Former name(s) Anglican church of St Mary
Dedicated 24 June 1912
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 18 October 2006
Style Early English Gothic
Completed 1860s
Administration
Parish Sacred Heart Parish, North Gosforth
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

The Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church and ecclesiastical parish in North Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Situated between Wideopen village to the north and Gosforth Park to the south, the church was made a Grade II listed building in 2006. It is notable for its stained glass windows bearing designs by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, in particular Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

History

St Mary's Church

The church is a 19th-century former Anglican church, built and donated by Thomas Eustace Smith in the 1860s, and named St Mary's. Use of the church fell following the more general use of St Columba's church in Seaton Burn, which was closer to most of the parish, and the church later closed.

Sacred Heart Church

The church was bought in 1911 by Bishop Richard Collins, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and endowed to the Diocese. Mass was first led by the Bishop on 28 January 1912, and the church was formally dedicated to the Sacred Heart on 24 June 1912.

List of Incumbent Priests

Date Incumbent
1912–1918 George C. Jeffreys 
1918–1921 C. Bede Tuohey
1922–1925 Charles Hart
1925–1926 None 
1926–1937 Charles Hart
1930–1937 C. Bede Tuohey
1937–1948 William T Harris
1948–1949 James O'Brien
1949–1962 James Phelan
1962–1964 William McKenna
1964–1984 Edward Ord
1984–2000 Thomas Cass
2000–2008 Joseph Travers
2008–2020 James Dunne
2020–2022 William Agley
2022-present Michael Weymes

Architecture

Built in the 1860s, the church is designed in the Early English Gothic style, although much of the masonry is brick rather than more traditional stone. The architect is unknown, but due to a number of similarities to the church of Baldersby St James in North Yorkshire, the parish believes that it is the work of William Butterfield or one of his students.

Stained glass windows

The church is notable for its stained glass windows, bearing designs by Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown and William Morris.

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