English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
422700
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563830
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
422290
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563910
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.
Site Name
High Cross House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6313
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
422230
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563930
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. Residence of J.G. Burdon in late C19.
Site Name
Enfield Lodge
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6312
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6310,5210
DAY1
23
DAY2
21
District
Newcastle
Easting
421780
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564090
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Benwell
Description
Chapel of ease; 1832. Parish church 1843. By John Dobson. 1864 nave and aisle added, 1879-80 organ chamber and vestry. 1895 spire, choir vestry and porch by Hicks and Charlewood. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings; dark slate roof with flat stone gable copings. West tower, north-west porch; aisled nave and chancel. Mostly Norman style. Interior - painted plaster above wainscoting; queen's post roof with painted stencilled decoration to tie beams on elaborately-shaped brackets. North arcade has simple moulded capitals and chamfered arches. Lower south arcade of octagaonal piers now blocked to make south aisle into parish hall. Gothic font with granite shaft and quatrefoil bowl. Painted arcaded stone reredos with statues; high quality brass communion rail commemorates former vicar F. Jobling. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Listed on English Heritage's Heritage At Risk Register 2011: Roof coverings are in a bad condition, as are lead valley gutters which run the full length of the building. Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £129,000 was offered in March 2011 towards repair programme.
Condition: Poor Priority: D Slow decay; solution agreed but not yet implemented. Heritage At Risk 2013: Condition: poor, Priority: F repair scheme in progress. Repair programme commenced in 2013. Comprehensive package of works to the roof completed at end of 2013. Following the re-plastering of the interior the building is once again in full use as a place of worship and community centre. The church now serves as a centre of heritage and culture for the Benwell area. The work was carried out with funds raised through a 'Raise the Roof' campaign launched in 2012, and financial support from English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Chapel of ease; 1832. Parish church 1843. By John Dobson. 1864 nave and aisle added, 1879-80 organ chamber and vestry. 1895 spire, choir vestry and porch by Hicks and Charlewood. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings; dark slate roof with flat stone gable copings. West tower, north-west porch; aisled nave and chancel. Mostly Norman style. Interior - painted plaster above wainscoting; queen's post roof with painted stencilled decoration to tie beams on elaborately-shaped brackets. North arcade has simple moulded capitals and chamfered arches. Lower south arcade of octagaonal piers now blocked to make south aisle into parish hall. Gothic font with granite shaft and quatrefoil bowl. Painted arcaded stone reredos with statues; high quality brass communion rail commemorates former vicar F. Jobling.
Site Name
Benwell Lane, Church of St. James
Site Type: Specific
Chapel of Ease
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6311
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/100; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 54-55; English Heritage, Heritage At Risk 2014, North East
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6311
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
421680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564130
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Church of St. James, The Parsonage
Site Type: Specific
Vicarage
HER Number
6310
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1862
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
421460
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564260
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Pond
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map on Benwell Lane, within the grounds of Benwell House (HER 1862).
Site Name
Benwell Lane, fish pond
Site Type: Specific
Fishpond
HER Number
6309
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
422880
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564130
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Houses circa 1850. English garden wall bond brick with painted ashlar basement and dressings. Welsh slate roofs with flat stone gable copings. 2 storeys, basement and attics. Steps up to 4-panelled doors and overlights. Architraves to doors and ground-floor windows. Sash windowsa. Ridge brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Houses circa 1850. English garden wall bond brick with painted ashlar basement and dressings. Welsh slate roofs with flat stone gable copings. 2 storeys, basement and attics. Steps up to 4-panelled doors and overlights. Architraves to doors and ground-floor windows. Sash windows. Ridge brick chimneys.
Site Name
1-3 Bentinck Place, Bentinck Road
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6308
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/92
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
422890
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 26 SW 241
Northing
564170
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Houses (Conrad House and Western House), now hospital. Circa 1845. Brick with painted dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 4-panelled doors and fanlights, arched surrounds in tall Tuscan doorcases. Architraves and aprons to sash windows with glazing bars, Carved brackets to cornice. 4 ashlar ridge chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Houses (Conrad House and Western House), now hospital. Circa 1845. Brick with painted dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 4-panelled doors and fanlights, arched surrounds in tall Tuscan doorcases. Architraves and aprons to sash windows with glazing bars, Carved brackets to cornice. 4 ashlar ridge chimneys {1}. Bentinck Terrace was built as a row of four houses in 1855. The first occupant of No. 1, which boasts exceptionally fine plasterwork, was Ralph Dodd, a master plasterer from Alnwick. In the 1920s Joseph Collinwood Stewart, a prominent local surgeon, moved into that house and named it Conrad House after his favourite author, Joseph Conrad. He was responsible for converting the old Workhouse Infirmary on Westgate Road into a public hospital. Shortly after his death in 1958, three of the houses in Bentinck Terrace were taken over by the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation and given the name Conrad House.
Site Name
1-4 Bentinck Terrace, Bentinck Road
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6307
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/93
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
422930
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564310
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Terraced houses shown on Ordnance Survey first edition.
Site Name
Bentinck Road, Bentinck Villas
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
6306
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map 1850
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
423060
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Terrace of eight houses. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Nos. one and two have basements and three storeys. No. one also has an attic. Nos. three to eight have basement and two storeys and an attic (except no. five). Steps to doors, most 4-panelled with overlights. Sash windows and tripartite windows. Ashlar ridge chimneys. One of the last of Grainger's investments, for his purchase of the Elswick estate. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Terrace of eight houses. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Nos. one and two have basements and three storeys. No. one also has an attic. Nos. three to eight have basement and two storeys and an attic (except no. five). Steps to doors, most 4-panelled with overlights. Sash windows and tripartite windows. Ashlar ridge chimneys. One of the last of Grainger's investments, for his purchase of the Elswick estate.
Site Name
Westgate Road, Graingerville South
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
6305
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/605; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004