246-248 Elswick Rd, Laidlaw House, Masjid
246-248 Elswick Rd, Laidlaw House, Masjid
HER Number
15371
District
Newcastle
Site Name
246-248 Elswick Rd, Laidlaw House, Masjid
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Mosque
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Newcastle Bangladesh Association Masjid. Theme: Deobandi Management: Bangladeshi. Permission granted for the change of use from worlshops and stores to a community centre for the Bangladesh Association. Single storey extension added in 1989 (funeral preparation room, mother and toddler room, boiler room and sanitary accommodation). Car park to rear 1989. Single storey extension to prayer room in rear yard 1995. Alterations to east and south including windows and lobby extension 2009. Demolition of prayer room and rebuilding 2012.
Easting
422910
Northing
563860
Grid Reference
NZ422910563860
Sources
http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org;