St Paul, Alnwick
St Paul, Alnwick
St Paul’s is a Grade II* church on Percy Street, Alnwick, now the Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Anthony Salvin designed it in 1845–46 as an Anglican church for Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland.
- Location
- Alnwick , Northumberland
- Country
- England
- County
- Northumberland
- City / town
- Alnwick
- Address
- Percy Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1UW
- Postcode
- NE66 1UW
- Built
- 1845–46
- Consecrated
- 1846 (Anglican); dedicated for Catholic use 11 December 1982
- Architect
- Anthony Salvin
- Denomination
- Catholic Church
- Dedication
- Paul
- Diocese
- Hexham and Newcastle
- Parish
- St Paul, Alnwick
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Decorated Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Stone rubble with slate roofs
- Grid reference
- NU 186 130
- Opening hours
- Please contact us for details.
- Access
- Level access throughout
Overview
Historic England and Taking Stock record a substantial Decorated Gothic church of stone rubble with slate roofs: nave with aisles, west tower and north porch, chancel with north chapel and vestry. It cost about £12,000, paid mainly by the third duke, and opened for Anglican worship in 1846. Salvin later remodelled Alnwick Castle for the fourth duke. The east window of 1856, designed by William Dyce and made in Munich by Ainmüller, shows St Paul and St Barnabas preaching and commemorates the third duke. The north chancel chapel holds a recumbent monument of the duke by J. E. Carew.
The Anglican parish was united with St Michael’s and the building became redundant in 1979. The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle acquired it; Bishop Hugh Lindsay dedicated it for Catholic use on 11 December 1982. The Lady Altar, reredos of Northern saints and Stations of the Cross came from the former Catholic church, now the Bailiffgate Museum.