Benwell, church

HER Number

16634

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, church

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Church

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Edwardian 1902 to 1910

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Corrugated iron church of 1903. The parish was taken over by Father J W Milroy in 1924. By this time the iron church was in a state of deterioration due to lack of repais during the war. A new church was then built on the opposite side of the road (St. Joseph's HER 9821). The new church offically opened in 1931.

Easting

421520

Northing

563930

Grid Reference

NZ421520563930

Sources

DPP UK Ltd., 2014, St Josephs Church, Armstrong Road, Benwell - Historic Building Recording; Third Edition Ordnance Survey plan c.1912