2017

NZ0951 : St Mary's R C Church, Blackhill

taken 7 years ago, near to Consett, County Durham, England

St Mary's R C Church, Blackhill
St Mary's R C Church, Blackhill
This was the first Catholic church built in Consett, in 1857. It was built to serve the large Irish Catholic community which had settled in Blackhill. The men came over to work in the steelworks and to escape the potato famine. The architect was Matthias Dunn, who designed the building in Gothic revival style. The clock tower wasn't completed until 1884.

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Geographical Context: Religious sites Suburb, Urban fringe Style: Victorian Gothic Primary Subject: Church other tags: R.C. Church Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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NZ0951, 41 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Robert Graham   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 25 October, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 2 November, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 0978 5155 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:51.5188N 1:50.9507W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 0984 5157
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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