Alexandra Road, St. Columba's Mission Church

HER Number

16110

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Alexandra Road, St. Columba's Mission Church

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Mission Church

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

St. Columba's Mission Church, 1892, occupied a small corner of the former Drill Field (HER16109). Held congregation of 500. Demolished c.1969 after photographic recording of the interior by Turners of Newcastle.

Easting

425300

Northing

562640

Grid Reference

NZ425300562640

Sources

Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2010, Proposed Gateshed Football Stadium, Archaeological Assessment