Church of St Dominic

In 1239, Blackfriars, Newcastle upon Tyne was established by the Dominican Order. However, in 1536, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the building was demolished. In 1798, St Andrew's Church, the first post-Reformation Catholic Church in Newcastle, was opened on Pilgrim Street. In 1860, the Dominicans returned to Newcastle, working out of St Andrew's Church. In 1863 they bought the site of St Dominic's Church. The site was originally on the line of the eastern extension of Hadrian's Wall between Pons Aelius (Newcastle) and Segedunum (Wallsend).

In 1869, the foundation stone of the church was laid. On 11 September 1873, Cardinal Manning opened the church. The construction of the church cost £15,000, and it was designed by Archibald Matthias Dunn. According to Historic England, it was built in the Romanesque-Gothic transitional style. In 1887, the priory next to the church was built, St Dominic's Priory. It was designed by Archibald Matthias Dunn with Edward Joseph Hansom. St Dominic's Priory is also a Grade II listed building and was registered on 30 March 1987.