1937
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MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE
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PARISH OF ST PATRICK WALLSEND |
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FOUNDED 1937 |
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DIOCESE MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE |
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PARISH CHURCH OF ST PATRICK |
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| WALLSEND IS ONE OF THE OLDER SETTLEMENTS WITHIN THE GREATER NEWCASTLE AREA. ORIGINALLY SEPARATE FROM NEWCASTLE IT HAS BEEN ABSORBED AS NEWCASTLE EXPANDED TO THE WEST DURING THE POST-WAR PERIOD. TODAY IT IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA SERVING THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE NEWCASTLE URBAN AREA. THE PARISH OF WALLSEND WAS FORMED IN 1937 TO SERVE THE GROWING POPULATION OF THE AREA. WITH DECLINING ATTENDANCES AND VOCATIONS HOWEVER IT WAS TWINNED IN THE NEW CENTURY WITH SHORTLAND WITH WHICH IT NOW FORMS A DOUBLE PARISH. NEXT |
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| THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST PATRICK WAS BUILT IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE. CONSTUCTED IN DARK BRICK IT CONSISTED OF A NAVE, SACRISTIES AND APSIDAL CHANCEL. IN MORE RECENT YEARS A NARTHEX HAS BEEN ADDED. THE ADDITION HAS BEEN HANDLED SYMPATHETICALLY AND BLENDS IN WELL WITH THE ORIGINAL BUILDING DESPITE ITS MODERN STYLING. THE EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH IS RELATIVELY PLAIN WITHOUT MUCH EXTERNAL ORNAMENT. THE SINGULAR EXCEPTION IS THE WEST END MARKED BY A LOVELY ROSE WINDOW AND A STATUE OF THE PATRON ON THE GABLE. THE NEW NARTHEX IS TASETEFULLY ARRANGED TO AVOID BLOCKING THE WINDOW. NEXT |
 | THE INTERIOR IS LIKE MOST CHURCHES BUILT AT THE TIME DARK AND MYSTERIOUS. THE CHANCEL IS SEPARATED FROM THE NAVE AND HAS BEEN REARRANGED TO CONFORM TO THE POST VATICAN II LITURGICAL REFORMS. A RISEN CHRIST DOMINATES THE SANCTUARY ABOVE THE TABERNACLE. TWO BEAUTIFUL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS PROVIDE LIGHT TO THE AREA.A PLAIN TABLE ALTAR COMPLETES THE FURNISHINGS OF THE SANCTUARY. THE NAVE IS TRADITIONALLY FURNISHED WITH THE SEATING FACING TOWARDS THE SANCTUARY. THE APPEARANCE OF THE NAVE IS SOMEWHAT MARRED BY AN OVERHEAD SCREEN MOUNTED ON THE NORTH SIDE. A SMALL SHRINE TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE. IN THIS PHOTO THE LATE AFTERNOON SUN FLOODS THE CHANCEL AND ENHANCES THE SENSE OF GLORY AND MYSTERY APPROPRIATE TO THE DWELLING PLACE OF OUR LORD. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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