Elswick, Elswick Rd, Nos. 246-248, Laidlaw House, Masjid

HER Number:
15371

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Elswick Rd, Nos. 246-248, 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:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
2291

Northing:
6386

Grid Reference:
NZ22916386

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org;