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Key Image St Nicholas Cathedral
St Nicholas Street
NE1 1PF Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: St Nicholas (Diocese of Newcastle)
Geogr. Coordinates: 54.97001° N, 1.61121° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1194
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Three-aisled, gothic basilica with transept and west tower.
Name derivation: After St Nicholas, bishop of Myra (modern-day Turkey)
Altar
  • Reredos (1880; alabaster from Uttoxeter, wings of sandstone)
Font
  • Limestone font (early 15th cent.; limestone from Tournai/Belgium)
Organ
  • Built in 1676 by Renatus Harris
Windows
  • Remains of medieval stained glass windows (i. a. the so-called “First Supper”)
  • Window in the crypt (1832)
  • Danish memorial window (2002)
Noteworthy
  • Brass tomb slab (so-called “Thornton Brass”, before 1429)
  • Ambo (early 16th cent.)
  • Rood screen (1880)
  • Communion sculpture (Stephen Cox, 1996; alabaster and porphyry)
History:
Late 11th cent.:   Precursor building (after 1080)
Late 12th cent.:   Reconstruction in stone
1194:   Mentioned as dedicated to St Nicholas
Late 14th cent.:   Raising of the walls, addition of a clerestory
Late 15th cent.:   Construction of the west tower with stone crown
1882:   Elevated to cathedral
Important persons:
Organ builder:  Harris, Renatus (1652–1724, English master organ builder)
Patron:  Nicholas (280/286–345/351, Metropolitan bishop of Myra, revered for having worked miracles)
Sources
Lovie, David: The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Jarrold Publishing, Norwich 2005
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