In the Guide to the Anglican Churches in Newcastle it  states: 

‘This is one of the very best examples of Victorian Gothic buildings, far surpassing many more famous places. It has been sensitively reordered to facilitate the modern catholic liturgical reforms but retain a sense of the numinous for which the passerby seems grateful’. 

Inside the church are fine stone carvings, World War I memorial, stained and leaded glass windows and features including a reredos by Charles Edgar Buckeridge, the highly esteemed Victorian religious painter, and Christ the King figure suspended over the chancel by renowned church artist Martin Travers.

The church is said to stand on the site of a Civil War fort. A plaque on the green opposite commemorates King Charles's visits to "The Shield Field" when a prisoner at Newcastle - he was permitted recreation time here.

A silver trowel used to lay the church foundation stone in 1859 is on display in the Discovery Museum. 

More information about the history of Christ Church and Shieldfield is on display inside the church. 

The Ouseburn Trust also has further information on the history of Christ Church and Shieldfield at :

ouseburntrust.org.uk/news/the-history-of-christ-church-and-shieldfield/