Bewick Street, Baptist Church

HER Number

14648

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Bewick Street, Baptist Church

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Baptist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Particular Baptist. Substantial gable-fronted chapel with galleries, attached to medieval Gunner Tower (HER 1523). Built in 1853. The congregation was from Tuthill Stairs. In 1884 the congregation moved to Marlborough Crescent and then Westgate Road. The church cost £4139 and seated 850.

Easting

424530

Northing

563920

Grid Reference

NZ424530563920

Sources

Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey