English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
DAY2
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
427020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Heaton
Description
Former congregational church. 1880-2 by Oliver & Leeson. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Elim Pentecostal Church is a distinctive part of the Heaton Road streetscape. The Church is a Victorian building constructed in stone. It has a main arched entrance doorway and a large stained glass window above it. The roof slopes to the ground floor on both sides.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Former congregational church. 1880-2 by Oliver & Leeson. Very plain, with C13 tracery and a fleche. Congregationalists left in 1958. Now Elim Pentecostal Church. Good quality Gothic. Stone.
Site Name
Heaton Road, Elim Pentecostal Church
Site Type: Specific
Congregational Chapel
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
9806
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 506; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
DAY2
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
426970
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564970
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Heaton
Description
Methodist church 1885 by S. Oswald & Son.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Wesleyan Methodist church 1885 by S. Oswald & Son in the lancet style, with south-west tower with pyramid roof. Congregation from chapel on Shields Road. Seated 892. Early English style. Rebuilt in later 20th century.
Site Name
Heaton Road, Cuthbert Bainbridge Memorial Church
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
9805
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 506; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey; Ordnance Survey second edition 1896
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
05
DAY2
15
District
Newcastle
Easting
426820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565590
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Heaton
Description
In 1927 a house in Simonside Terrace was bought for a presbytery and Mass was said in a flat in Heaton Road until a small church known as the ‘tin hut’ was built on the present site and in 1932 a presbytery beside it. In 1971-72 the present church was built, carefully designed by David Brown it fit in with its sensitive location on the edge of Jesmond Dene. The builder was Wilfred Marshall. The church was consecrated by Bishop Lindsay in December 1971 . An octagonal church with the roof (re-covered with shingles in 1990) pleated into eight radiating pitches with high gables. A fleche marks the centre. The altar is to the north, with the pews in six radiating blocks and the seventh of the eight sides occupied by the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The simple materials are carefully used. The low walls are of warm-toned Flemish stretcher bond brick, the gables filled with glass. Altars, font and communion rail are good simple shapes in granite. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Local list - St Teresa’s, an expressive and innovative church of octagonal shape, was built in 1972. The sides of the octagonal building are capped with steeply sloping gables which are filled with glass, except for the brick gable over the entrance, which is bordered with glass. A metal spire with a cross rises from the centre of the building.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
In 1927 a house in Simonside Terrace was bought for a presbytery and Mass was said in a flat in Heaton Road until a small church known as the ‘tin hut’ was built on the present site and in 1932 a presbytery beside it. In 1971-72 the present church was built, carefully designed by David Brown it fit in with its sensitive location on the edge of Jesmond Dene. The builder was Wilfred Marshall. The church was consecrated by Bishop Lindsay in December 1971 . An octagonal church with the roof (re-covered with shingles in 1990) pleated into eight radiating pitches with high gables. A fleche marks the centre. The altar is to the north, with the pews in six radiating blocks and the seventh of the eight sides occupied by the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The simple materials are carefully used. The low walls are of warm-toned Flemish stretcher bond brick, the gables filled with glass. Altars, font and communion rail are good simple shapes in granite.
Site Name
Heaton Road, RC Church of St. Theresa
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
9804
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 506; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Newcastle-upon-Tyne-St-Teresa-of-the-Infant-Jesus
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
424310
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568480
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Gosforth
Description
Concert hall of 1974 by Mauchlen, Weightman and Elphick.
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
SITEDESC
Concert hall of 1974 by Mauchlen, Weightman and Elphick. Warm red bricks and a polygonal theme carried through from entrance hall to raised flowerbeds and tiled forecourt. There is a war memorial in the entrance foyer. A wooden plaque behind glass. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF GOSFORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945". Used to be located in the old Civic Hall on Gosforth High Street.
Site Name
Regent Centre, Gosforth Civic Hall
Site Type: Specific
Concert Hall
HER Number
9803
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 505
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
423980
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568480
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Gosforth
Description
"1967-8 by Richard Turley Associates.
SITEASS
The original Northern Rock building on this site was built not long after the two building societies of Northern Counties and Rock Permanent merged into one in 1965. The two storey structure is covered in glass and tile, with eight storey tower being of similar style, and was constructed between 1967 and 1968 by Richard Turley Associates. The building represents the beginnings of one of the most successful companies ever to have originated from the area. By the time Northern Rock converted to a PLC in 1997 it was the fourth biggest building society in the UK. When it was admitted to the Stock Exchange the fully independent and charitable Northern Rock Foundation was established. The Foundation receives about five per cent of the PLC’s annual pre tax profits for use in good causes throughout the North East and Cumbria. Was nominated for draft local list but was not included.
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
"1967-8 by Richard Turley Associates. Wide two-storey block below a tall slender tower, with narrow vertical panels of gleaming white tiles and frame-sawn slate".
Site Name
Northern Rock Housel, Regent Centre,
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
HER Number
9802
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 505
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
424210
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568490
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Gosforth
Description
Waring & Netts, 1967-8. Brick and concrete, with copper and glass.
Site Type: Broad
Art and Education Venue
SITEDESC
Waring & Netts, 1967-8. Brick and concrete, with copper fascias and a lot of glass.
Site Name
Regent Centre, library and swimming pool
Site Type: Specific
Library
HER Number
9801
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 505; Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 52
YEAR1
2007
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
424450
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567660
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Gosforth
Description
Group of houses built after the 1826 election to create freeholds with votes. All that survives of them is a group of plain stone buildings behind the shops, and a reset stone on the Brandling Arms.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
Job James Bulman (son of Job Bulman of Coxlodge Hall) was the principle landowner in the early C19. He sold land attached to Coxlodge Hall to George Armstrong in the 1830s for houses facing west onto the High Street (including Gosforth Villas). The Queen Victoria Inn (HER 9966) had already been built in 1825 along with 6 houses. The Brandling Arms was built by 1830. The name Bulman Village was established by 1830. The Government failed to acknowledge this name however, and so Gosforth was used from 1872. The village expanded between 1860 and 1910 to accommodate a growing population. The late C19 saw an expansion of Bulman Village, particularly on the west side of the High Street. Woodbine Road, West Avenue, Ivy Road, Hawthorn Road, Causey Street were established by this time. The village on the eastern side of the Newcastle-Morpeth Road was characterised by stone terraces and large detached villas. Gosforth was an Urban District of Northumberland until 1974. Recorded in an inscription in the front gable of the building north of the Brandling Arms, which was carved at the behest of the builder, Cuthbert Burnup. It used to refer to the group of houses built after the 1826 election to create freeholds with votes. All that survives of them is a group of plain stone buildings behind the shops, and this reset stone.
Site Name
Bulman Village
Site Type: Specific
Village
HER Number
9800
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, pages 504-505; Newcastle City Council, 2002, Gosforth Conservation Area Character Statement, p 9-14
YEAR1
2007
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
424810
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567860
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Gosforth
Description
Head Office of Proctor & Gamble. 1951-2 by Sidney Burn, Staff Architect of Thos. Hedley & Co., soap manufacturers. Anthony Chitty as consultant architect.
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
Head Office of Proctor & Gamble. "An example of the humanized style of its period and an asset to the surrounding area. 1951-2 by Sidney Burn, Staff Architect of Thos. Hedley & Co., soap manufacturers. Anthony Chitty as consultant architect. The entrance block is the hub of four two-storey ranges extending in various directions. Light yellow brick. Some flat roofs, some gently pitched. Occasional wall of dark blue or russet bricks. Entrance and windows altered. Set in a landscape by B. Hackett. Inserted close to the street is the West Building (computer block) by Sir Basil Spence & Partners (opened 1964). Black ribs articulating Portland stone cladding. More additions and alterations in progress in 1992". The site became vacant in 2001.
Site Name
Hedley House, St. Nicholas Avenue
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
HER Number
9799
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 502; Newcastle City Council, 2002, Gosforth Conservation Area Character Statement, p 16
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MAP2
NZ26NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568300
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Gosforth
Description
Prefabricated houses, provided by the Government under the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944 and built by Gosforth Urban District Council. In Rydal Road they are the 'Howard' type of house, designed by F. Gibberd. In the group named after Northumbrian saints (e.g. Aidan Walk) they are one storey with later pebbledash. There are more prefabricated houses off the Great North Road north of Regent Centre on the Grange Lane Estate in Coquet Avenue and Glanton Wynd.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
A cluster of well-planned prefabricated houses, provided by the Government under the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944 and put up by Gosforth Urban District Council. In Rydal Road they are the 'Howard' type of house, designed by F. Gibberd. Two storeys, now with brick cladding and porches. In the group named after Northumbrian saints (e.g. Aidan Walk) they are one storey with later pebbledash. There are more post-1945 prefabricated houses off the Great North Road north of Regent Centre on the Grange Lane Estate in Coquet Avenue and Glanton Wynd.
Site Name
Church Road, prefabricated houses
Site Type: Specific
Prefabricated House
HER Number
9798
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 502
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4025, 1086
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568010
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Gosforth
Description
The metro station replaced the 1865 station of the Blyth and Tyne branch of the North Eastern Railway Company. All that survives from 1865 is a sturdy cast-iron footbridge.
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
SITEDESC
The metro station replaced the 1865 station of the Blyth and Tyne branch of the North Eastern Railway Company. All that survives from 1865 is a sturdy cast-iron footbridge, wisely kept when the station house was demolished.
Site Name
South Gosforth Metro Station, footbridge
Site Type: Specific
Footbridge
HER Number
9797
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 502
YEAR1
2007