St Bede's Church, South Shields

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St Bede's Church, South Shields
54°59′37″N1°25′46″W / 54.9936°N 1.4294°W / 54.9936; -1.4294
OS grid reference NZ366667
Location South Shields
CountryEngland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website Official website
History
StatusActive
Founder(s)Canon Waterton
Dedication Bede
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Designated31 August 2016 [1]
Architect(s) Thomas Cooke Nicholson
Gibson Lidbetter
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 27 May 1874
Completed22 August 1876
Construction cost11,000
Administration
Province Liverpool
Diocese Hexham and Newcastle
Deanery Bede - South Tyneside
Parish St Bede and Ss Peter & Paul [2]

St Bede's Church is a Catholic parish church in South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was built from 1874 to 1876 in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. It is located on Westoe Road, south of Crossgate near the town centre. In 2016 it was designated a Grade II listed building. [3]

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History

Foundation

In the first half of the 19th century, the Catholics in South Shields had to travel to North Shields to go to Mass. St Cuthbert's Church there was the closest church to them at the time (it was demolished and rebuilt in the 1970s). [4] In 1832, a Sunday school was started in the Mill Dam area of the town. On 4 December 1849, St Cuthbert's Church in South Shields was opened. It was on Western Approach and the building was a former protestant chapel. It was opened by Bishop William Hogarth, the Apostolic Vicar of the Northern District. He became the first Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle the following year. Later a school and a presbytery were added to the church. [5]

Construction

By the early 1870s, St Cuthbert's Church had become too small to accommodate its congregation. The site of the current church on Westoe Street was purchased by the priest Canon Waterton. On 27 May 1874, the foundation stone of St Bede's Church was laid. The architect was recorded by Nikolaus Pevsner in The Buildings of England as being Gibson Lidbetter under the supervision of Thomas Cooke Nicholson. On 22 August 1876, the church was opened. Construction work was delayed because of problems with laying the foundations on quicksand. That foundation work also increased the cost of constructing the church. Initially, the cost of building the church was supposed to be around £8,000, but it increased to £11,000. On 14 September 1949, the costs of the church were finally paid off and the church was consecrated by Bishop Joseph McCormack of Hexham and Newcastle. [5]

Developments

In 1913, a new parish school was built on Derby Street. In 1971, the school was replaced by the current primary school. Also in 1971, the parish hall opened. It was on the site of the former Marsden Miners’ Hall. Later, the parish hall was moved into the renovated and enlarged presbytery basement. In 1965, the church was refurbished, and then in 1972 it was refurbished. [5]

Parish

St Bede’s Catholic Primary School is located in the parish, adjacent to west of the church. St Bede's Church is in the same parish as Ss Peter and Paul Church. St Bede's Church has two Sunday Masses at 5:00 pm on Saturday and at 9:00 am on Sunday. Ss Peter and Paul Church has its Sunday Mass at 11:00 am. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Roman Catholic Church of St Bede and attached Presbytery including attached walls and detached wall to south from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 16 December 2024
  2. 1 2 Directory from Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, retrieved 21 December 2024
  3. ↑ "Roman Catholic Church of St Bede and attached Presbytery including attached walls and detached wall to south, Non Civil Parish - 1431017 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  4. ↑ "North Shields - St Cuthbert". Taking Stock. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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