52 Bell Street, Fisherman's Mission

HER Number

9316

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

52 Bell Street, Fisherman's Mission

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Mission Hall

Site Type: Specific

Seamens Mission

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. 1950s modernist building which has design cues from its maritime context. Social significance derived from its links with the fishing industry. Site once occupied by two public houses, the Newcastle Arms and the Lord Collingwood. The Collingwood family of Chirton sold the site to Charles Connacher in 1904. It was bought by Tynemouth Council in 1937 and sold to the Mission in 1950. LOCAL LIST

Easting

436000

Northing

568300

Grid Reference

NZ436000568300

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; Richard Simpson, 1988, North Shields and Tynemouth - A Pictorial History; FISHcast, sub-group of FISH (Folk Interested in Shields Harbour), 2007, North Shields - The New Quay and The Fish Quay Conservation Areas - FISHcast Community Character Statement; North Tyneside Council and Nexus, 2010, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 8 'The Gut'; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); TWM, 2009, 52 Bell Street, North Shields - Archaeological Watching Brief