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

Lats/Lons:

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