Bewicke Main, institute

HER Number

13266

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bewicke Main, institute

Place

Beamish Burn

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

Institute

Site Type: Specific

Institute

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

T-shaped institute with a side porch, near the Primitive Methodist chapel (HER 13265). The structure was built on a brick footing. It was lit by tall rectangular windows with hood mouldings. The gables had plain barge boards, with a collar and king post timbering extending above the ridge as a turned point. The roof ridge was lined with crockets. The institute opened in 1901. The colliery closed in 1932, and the village was demolished.

Easting

425330

Northing

556190

Grid Reference

NZ425330556190

Sources

Norman Emery, 1990, Corrugated Iron Public Buildings in County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1990, page 67; Durham Record Office (B12) B/BEW/GOO Goodley, H, Bewicke Main: The Colliery Village which Disappeared