Newcastle-upon-Tyne - St Nicholas Cathedral

St Nicholas Cathedral is in Mosley Street, which leads off from St Nicholas Street in an easterly direction. This building, which was built mainly in the 14th and 15th centuries, is not especially large, having only been elevated from the status of parish church to cathedral in 1882. Its lantern tower (almost 197ft/60m high) was built in 1435-70, the first of four similar buildings existing in Great Britain, and is topped by the strikingly crenellated "Scottish Crown", a spire which is floodlit at night to impressive effect. Features of the interior which are worth seeing include the canopied font and lectern (both dating from 1500), the organ (1676) and the numerous statues (15th/16th, 20th century), some of them of great interest.