Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Now a housing office. Known locally as the Stephenson building. Sir W.H. Stephenson (1836-1918) presented the building to the City in 1896 as its first branch library. It became West End Leisure and Learning in 1984. Described in 1895 as having a refreshment room, committee room, ladies reading room, general reading room and lavatory on the ground floor. The principal entrance into the entrance hall was to the west, from which there was a staircase to the upper floor where the main hall (library and meetings) was located. The external walls were faced with red Leicestershire bricks, with dressings of stone and pink terracotta. The building was roofed with red tiles. The internal woodwork was stained canary wood. The roof of the main hall was of hammer-beam construction in pitch pine and the ceiling panelled with moulded ribs. The stircase had a fine stained glass window. The west entrance is carried up into a tower and in the parapet was a stone shield with the arms of Alderman Stephenson. The building cost around £4000. Stephenson also helped found the Methodist Church to the east of the library. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Elswick Library is an important part of the heritage of the Elswick area. Sir William Haswell Stephenson presented the building to the city in 1896 as its first branch library. The inscription ‘Stephenson Library’ still exists in the stone work above the main doorway. This Victorian building was mostly constructed using red brick with carved sandstone around its doors and windows. At the west end there is a tower with turret roof complete with a coat of arms and weathervane on a parapet. The building became West End Leisure and Learning in 1984.
Site Type: Broad
Art and Education Venue
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Now a housing office. Known locally as the Stephenson building. Sir W H Stephenson (1836-1918) presented the building to the City in 1896 as its first branch library. It became West End Leisure and Learning in 1984. Described in 1895 as having a refreshment room, committee room, ladies reading room, general reading room and lavatory on the ground floor. The principal entrance into the entrance hall was to the west, from which there was a staircase to the upper floor where the main hall (library and meetings) was located. The external walls were faced with red Leicestershire bricks, with dressings of stone and pink terracotta. The building was roofed with red tiles. The internal woodwork was stained canary wood. The roof of the main hall was of hammer-beam construction in pitch pine and the ceiling panelled with moulded ribs. The staircase had a fine stained glass window. The west entrance is carried up into a tower and in the parapet was a stone shield with the arms of Alderman Stephenson. The building cost around £4000. Stephenson also helped found the Methodist Church to the east of the library.
Site Name
Elswick Road, Stephenson Library
Site Type: Specific
Public Library
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6322
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; A.D. Walton, 1992, Bygone Elswick; Evening Chronicle, 26 September 1895
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
24
DAY2
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
2313
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6387
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Built 1875. A substantial Gothic church (seated 885) with a corner tower and attached school rooms (HER 10391) to the rear. Demolished circa 1970. Site now occupied by a mosque.
Site Name
Elswick Road, Wesleyan Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
6321
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
02
District
Newcastle
Easting
2318
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6382
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Congregation from John Knox, Clayton Street West. Built 1896 for the congregation from Clayton Street West, who were seeking larger premises. The church was in use until 1953, it later became a Boys Brigade Centre, then Factory Project House. Demolished 1983. A 1900 photograph of the church shows it terraced into the slope of the ground so that it is below the level of Elswick Road.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Congregation from John Knox, Clayton Street West. Built 1896 for the congregation from Clayton Street West, who were seeking larger premises. The church was in use until 1953, it later became a Boys Brigade Centre, then Factory Project House. Demolished 1983. A 1900 photograph of the church shows it terraced into the slope of the ground so that it is below the level of Elswick Road.
Site Name
Elswick Road, Presbyterian Church
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
6320
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, Bristol Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
2307
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6381
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Elswick Road, Presbyterian chapel
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
6319
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
CONDITION
Very Bad
DAY1
23
DAY2
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
2350
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6406
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Parish church. 1854 by Benjamin Green. Sandstone ashlar with roll-moulded plinth. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Aisled nave and chancel; south porch. 2-centred arch with nook shafts and head-stopped drip mould to double door with elaborate hinges. Interior - painted plaster with ashlar dressings above boarded dado; arch-braced roof. Glass includes west window of north aisle by Wailes and Strang 1903. Other glass removed from nearby church. West wall has marble memorial to Marcus Allen, a former vicar, died 1843, with portrait relief; and low-relief portrait on pillar, in marble, with weeping woman, by R.G. Davies in classical style, commemorating Amos Spoor died 1842 and other members of his family. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Heritage At Risk 2012: Priority A immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or oss of fabric, no solution agreed. Heritage At Risk 2013: Condition: very bad, Priority: B immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; solution agreed but not yet implemented. Vacant from 2006 to 2009 and subject to heritime crime. The Life Transformation Ministry plans to tackle the major structural issues from which the building suffers, but due to the perilous nature of the building , services are currently being held in an adjoining building. A grant towards investigative works was awarded in March 2012, with the aim of devising a phased repair programme. A further grant was offered in March 2013 for urgent repairs to the roof and rainwater goods. Heritage at Risk 2015: Condition: Poor, Priority: D - Slow decay, solution agreed but not yet implemented. Formerly closed in 2006, the church lay vacant, and subject to heritage crime, until taken over by the Life Transformation Ministry in 2009. A grant was awarded by repair programme being defined. A second grant was offered in 2013, again by the HLF, for the first phase of urgent repairs; these were completed in 2014. A further grant has been offered to enable a second phase of urgent repairs to be undertaken.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Parish church. 1854 by Benjamin Green. Sandstone ashlar with roll-moulded plinth. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Aisled nave and chancel; south porch. 2-centred arch with nook shafts and head-stopped drip mould to double door with elaborate hinges. Small polygonal south-west turret. Some plate tracery but mostly lancets. Large buttress at west end. Interior - painted plaster with ashlar dressings above boarded dado; arch-braced roof. Glass includes west window of north aisle by Wailes and Strang 1903. Other glass removed from nearby church. West window by Morris & Co. 1911. West wall has marble memorial to Marcus Allen, a former vicar, died 1843, with portrait relief; and low-relief portrait on pillar, in marble, with weeping woman, by R.G. Davies in classical style, commemorating Amos Spoor died 1842 and other members of his family. Formally closed in 2006. Taken over by the Life Transformation Ministry in 2009.
Site Name
Havelock Place, Church of St. Paul
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6318
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/305 and 18/305; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 429
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
2173
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6479
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Now the site of Westgate Community College.
Site Name
Benwell Hills
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6317
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
2301
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6335
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
The Dean
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6316
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
2290
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. A watching brief by PCA in 2009 noted the remains of a stone lined drainage culvert and a yard all likely to be related to Low Dean House without being part of the stucture.
Site Name
Low Dean House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6315
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2009, Land off Westmorland Road, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Watching Brief
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
2270
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6383
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Woodbine House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6314
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
2229
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6391
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Designed c. 1830 by Dobson and occupied by Robert Thomas Atkinson, a mining engineer, and nephew of John Buddle, whose daughter married Sir B.C. Brown, Mayor of Newcastle who lived at West Acres in Benwell. Later T.H. Burnett lived here. In 1871 John Phillips, a solicitor, lived at High Cross House, later Hugh Crawford-Smith M.P. Demolished c. 1907.