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St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Cathedral Church of St Mary
is a
Catholic
cathedral
in
Newcastle upon Tyne
,
England
, the
mother church
of the
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
and seat of the
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
. The Cathedral, situated on Clayton Street, was designed by
Augustus Welby Pugin
and built between 1842 and 1844. The cathedral is a grade I listed building and a fine example of the
Gothic Revival
style of architecture championed by Pugin. There is a monument dedicated to Cardinal
Basil Hume
in the Monument Garden outside of the cathedral, which was opened by
Queen Elizabeth II
in 2002. St Mary's Cathedral is the
fifth tallest structure in the city
.
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