Benwell Grove Methodist Church, Condercum Road
Benwell Grove Methodist Church, Condercum Road
HER Number
14535
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Grove Methodist Church, Condercum Road
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Initially proposed as a larger set of buildings, the full Primitive Methodist Church was never fully completed and only the eastern section: the proposed Sunday School, was built. This building opened in March 1906 as a Wesleyan church and school. The larger parcel of land intended for the church at the junction of Condercum Road and West Road was retained and remained vacant until 1935 when a primary hall and vestries were added. The Church Hall was added in 1954 which opened in 1955. The church remained open, conducting baptisms and marriages, until the mid 1980s but was demolished by 1989.
Easting
421970
Northing
564670
Grid Reference
NZ421970564670
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012; painting of Proposed Primitive Methodist Church, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, c 1905, West Newcastle Picture History Collection at West End Library, Benwell, Location BE 6.5, Neg. No. E 8/2, Print No. 15396