English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
426600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569310
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benton
Description
Shown on OS first edition. Now used as a cat and dog shelter.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on OS first edition of 1864. Now used as a cat and dog shelter.
Site Name
Benton North Farm, Benton Lane
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
9402
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435740
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568430
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Shields
Description
Former Primitive Methodist Chapel. Now Woolworths.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Former Primitive Methodist Chapel. The Primitive Methodists first met on Ranter's Bank. This chapel was built in 1861. Later occupied by Woolworth and Co Ltd, which opened its store on 13th September 1930.
Site Name
12a Saville Street, methodist chapel
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
9401
Form of Evidence
Extant Building?
Sources
E. Hollerton, 1997, The Archive Photography Series, North Shields, p 94; North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside; Eric Hollerton, 1997, The Archive Photographs Series - North Shields
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
432720
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566460
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Willington Quay
Description
In 1859, Willington not only divided from Wallsend but was considered large enough to be divided into two parts: Parish of Willington-on-Tyne and Parish of Howdon Panns.
The architects were Thomas Austin and R. J. Johnson. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs. Addison Potter (Mayoress of Newcastle) on 11th August 1874 and was consecrated by Bishop Baring in February 1876. The church cost £2,600, which was considered to be a considerable sum. It was widely agreed that the church be dedicated to St. Paul.
In 1923, a chancel sanctuary and choir vestries were added and Sir G. B. Hunter laid the foundation stone. The church organ was added soon after.
These changes were made after a letter was sent from an Arthur B. Plummer to a Mr. Wood dated 16th March 1922. The letter spoke of changes needed to be made: “the vestry is too small”; “the chancel is rather cramped”. An extension to the east was suggested to solve these problems. Marshall and Tweedy of Newcastle drew up the plans for the proposed new chancel etc.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
In 1859, Willington not only divided from Wallsend but was considered large enough to be divided into two parts: Parish of Willington-on-Tyne and Parish of Howdon Panns.
The architects were Thomas Austin and R. J. Johnson. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs. Addison Potter (Mayoress of Newcastle) on 11th August 1874 and was consecrated by Bishop Baring in February 1876. The church cost £2,600, which was considered to be a considerable sum. It was widely agreed that the church be dedicated to St. Paul.
In 1923, a chancel sanctuary and choir vestries were added and Sir G. B. Hunter laid the foundation stone. The church organ was added soon after.
These changes were made after a letter was sent from an Arthur B. Plummer to a Mr. Wood dated 16th March 1922. The letter spoke of changes needed to be made: “the vestry is too small”; “the chancel is rather cramped”. An extension to the east was suggested to solve these problems. Marshall and Tweedy of Newcastle drew up the plans for the proposed new chancel etc.
Site Name
George Street, Church of St. Paul
Site Type: Specific
Church
HER Number
9400
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006
YEAR1
2007
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
DAY2
16
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435380
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
3
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 37 SE 102
Northing
572310
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Whitley Bay
Description
Shown on OS third edition. Prominent church with a tower. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Assessed for proper listing in 2009 but did not meet the criteria.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Congregational Church originally. 1902 iron church. Present building dates to 1907. Changed to a Baptist Church in 1975. Free Gothic, with tall tower at north-east corner.
Site Name
Park Avenue, Baptist Church
Site Type: Specific
Baptist Chapel
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
9399
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); English Heritage Listing File 4 June 2009; National Monuments Record Monument No. 1509660; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
22
DAY2
10
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429830
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
3
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566200
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Wallsend
Description
Built in 1957 to replace the church of Our Lady and St Aidan of 1885 which stood in Willington Quay. This is a very good example of a modern church, designed by local architect Stienlet. The present church was built in 1957 replacing the buildings of 1885 and 1904. A bold and impressive design of the 1950s, fusing Modern Perpendicular Gothic, Scandinavian and Art Deco elements. It is the best example in the diocese of the work of the ‘middle generation’ of the Stienlet architectural dynasty. The foundation stone of the present church was laid by the parish priest, Fr Timothy O’Brien in February 1957, and the church was opened by Bishop Cunningham on 7 October 1957. The new church was dedicated to Our Lady and St Columba. It was a large structure, seating 520. The church was consecrated on 13 June 1964. Post-Vatican II reordering of 1968 was carried out by Vincente Stienlet (the younger). The high altar, pulpit and the central section of the communion rails were removed; a new forward altar was introduced and the tabernacle placed against the east wall on a plinth incorporating parts from the original high altar. A further reordering by Vincente Stienlet in 1990 involved the creations of a new baptistery in a marble-railed enclosure on the south side of the sanctuary (with re-used communion rails), with new font and lectern. The etched design on the glass bowl of the front was by Morag Gordon. A new pipe organ by Nigel Church was installed (Vincente Stienlet pers. com.) LISTED GRADE II
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built in 1957 to replace the church of Our Lady and St Aidan of 1885 which stood in Willington Quay. This is a very good example of a modern church, designed by local architect Stienlet. The present church was built in 1957 replacing the buildings of 1885 and 1904. A bold and impressive design of the 1950s, fusing Modern Perpendicular Gothic, Scandinavian and Art Deco elements. It is the best example in the diocese of the work of the ‘middle generation’ of the Stienlet architectural dynasty. The foundation stone of the present church was laid by the parish priest, Fr Timothy O’Brien in February 1957, and the church was opened by Bishop Cunningham on 7 October 1957. The new church was dedicated to Our Lady and St Columba. It was a large structure, seating 520. The church was consecrated on 13 June 1964. Post-Vatican II reordering of 1968 was carried out by Vincente Stienlet (the younger). The high altar, pulpit and the central section of the communion rails were removed; a new forward altar was introduced and the tabernacle placed against the east wall on a plinth incorporating parts from the original high altar. A further reordering by Vincente Stienlet in 1990 involved the creations of a new baptistery in a marble-railed enclosure on the south side of the sanctuary (with re-used communion rails), with new font and lectern. The etched design on the glass bowl of the front was by Morag Gordon. A new pipe organ by Nigel Church was installed (Vincente Stienlet pers. com.)
The church was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
Details
Roman Catholic Church and attached gates, 1957 to the designs of Vincente Stienlet; re-ordered in 1968 and 1990 by Vincente Stienlet (the younger). In style, a fusion of Perpendicular Gothic freely interpreted in a modern idiom, infused with Scandinavian and Art Deco elements. The contractor was Stanley Miller.
MATERIALS: steel frame faced inside and out with thin 2-inch bricks; copper covered roofs and all doors are of oak with wrought iron handles outside and silvered bronze handles to the inner sides.
PLAN: the building is oriented north to south but the following directions are liturgical. The church comprises a long nave with narrow aisles, a west narthex and choir gallery, transepts, an apsidal sanctuary, a sacristy and a mortuary chapel.
EXTERIOR: high quality thin 2-inch bricks are lain in a staggered bond with soldier courses at the sills, lintels and eaves. The east end has a high apse with full-height slit windows to the sides and tall narrow brick fins rising above the sanctuary roof. The low, shallow transepts have flat roofs and are lit by five tall, narrow lights with an eaves level soldier course. That to the south side has an attached flat-roofed sacristy, and to the left there is a shallow, flat-roofed former mortuary chapel, plainly detailed save for the full-height narrow light at the east end. The nave with exposed brickwork and soldier courses has five tall, wide windows with Perpendicular lead tracery separated by tall brick fins which rise from the internal aisle columns. Small single-storey, flat-roofed confessionals project from the centre of each side. The square west tower projects from the centre of the main body of the church with a panel of advancing and receding brick crosses above a tall copper-canopied door recess fitted with oak double doors. A tall bell tower rises above, surmounted by a copper-covered drum with splayed brick shafts and a fretwork of stone louvres. Small windows light low narrow links flanking the tower. These lead to square, pyramidal-roofed end pavilions that to the south side with a door. The early C20 attached presbytery is not of special interest and is excluded from the listing.
INTERIOR: the sanctuary is paved in marble (now largely carpeted) and the walls are richly ornamented with geometric marble and mosaic panels, alternating with narrow square brick pilasters. The original altar canopy, with a large black and white marble reredos, stands against the E wall and the original tabernacle is set upon a marble plinth constructed of parts of the original high altar. The original marble communion rails have been reworked around the re-located font to form a baptistry. Other sanctuary furnishings belong to the 1968 and 1990 re-ordering and there is a glass font bowl by local glass maker Morag Gordon. To either side of the sanctuary are the side chapels, similarly ornamented with marble and mosaics and with parts of the original marble communion rails set to the front. The shallow transepts are framed by square, clustered columns in two-tone brick with large formerly exposed brick panels above, now with later marble panels. Double oak doors with glazed crosses lead through the S transept to a sacristy retaining original wooden fittings. The high nave roof is plastered with a flat perimeter soffit and a raised central section incorporating a long central panel of repeating octagonal motifs. The floor is finished with coloured thermoplastic floor tiles (now carpeted), patterned in the aisles and crossing, and installed for their acoustic value. The original mahogany benches are arranged in two blocks with a central aisle. The nave has square brick columns supporting the clerestory walls and forming narrow side aisles with an original confessional with oak boarded doors set to the centre of each outer aisle wall. Wooden Stations of the Cross are hand carved and painted from the studios of Ferdinand Stuflessor, Ortisei, Italy. The square brick columns rise above the aisles to frame a ‘wall of glass’ at clerestory level; the leaded sub-divisions are of modern Perpendicular Gothic character with Cathedral glass, graded from blue at the top, yellow in the middle and grey/white at the bottom. The west end has a narthex screen with double doors flanked by single doors, each with small narrow glazed panels in the shape of a cross. To either side are the former confessionals, that to the right converted to a small store. Above, there is a full-width gallery with an arcaded front, housing the prominent organ at its centre. The original baptistery in the pavilion north of the tower has a stained glass window showing the Baptism of Christ by John Hardman and Company.
SUBSIDIARY ITEMS: attached to the north-west corner of the church there are original double metal gates flanked by a single gate, the former bearing the name of the church. These features contribute to the special interest of the building and are included in the listing. The early C20 detached former school and associated brick enclosure walls are altered and utilitarian in nature and excluded from the listing.
Site Name
Carville Road, Church of St. Columba
Site Type: Specific
Church
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
9398
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Wallsend-Our-Lady-and-St-Columba; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1431024
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2022
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
DAY2
16
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429950
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Brick, stone
MONTH1
3
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566750
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Wallsend
Description
Brick and stone-built church with a tall nave beneath a steeply pitched roof, with a north-west entrance porch beneath a square brick tower with an octagonal stone steeple. Built 1903 to replace a Zion Chapel on the corner of High Street East and Station Road. Shown on OS third edition LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Brick and stone-built church with a tall nave beneath a steeply pitched roof, with a north-west entrance porch beneath a square brick tower with an octagonal stone steeple. Built 1903 to replace a Zion Chapel on the corner of High Street East and Station Road. The original spire was removed as it was unsafe. A stone plaque on the west gable commemorates John Allen, one of the pioneers of the north-east Alkali trade. He lived at the Red House, Wallsend, facing the Green. He and his wife were great supporters of the church. Moulded Gothic doorways on Park Road with original timber doors. Cascading roofs and a octagonal stone corner tower. Half-timbered gables, deep eaves, shaped bargeboards, swept dormers and striking 'witches hat' roof vent - Arts & Crafts influenced. The tower's spire has been lost and the roof vent. Seats 450 people.
Site Name
Wallsend, Park Road, Allen Memorial Methodist Church
Site Type: Specific
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
9397
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area, Draft Character Appraisal; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2012
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
22
DAY2
15
District
N Tyneside
Easting
437070
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
3
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
In August 1871 a temporary chapel was opened in Tynemouth at the rear of the house occupied by Bishop Bewick of Hexham and Newcastle. By 1886 there were 150 Catholic people in the area. Father George Howe collected £300 in 1887 to build a new church and consequently the first stone of the present building was laid on 8 September 1889. The church opened on 1 June 1890. In 1941 the church and the presbytery were damaged by the explosion in the Castle ditch of a sea-mine intended for the harbour (Pickering, 2008, pages 11 and 12). The doors and windows of the church were blown out, the roof lost most of its slates and the roof timbers were damaged. The damage to the presbytery (49 and 50 Front Street) was irreparable, and so the parish priest moved into no. 4. The stained glass window in the Sanctuary was replaced because of this in 1946.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
In August 1871 a temporary chapel was opened in Tynemouth at the rear of the house occupied by Bishop Bewick of Hexham and Newcastle. By 1886 there were 150 Catholic people in the area. Father George Howe collected £300 in 1887 to build a new church and consequently the first stone of the present building was laid on 8 September 1889. The church opened on 1 June 1890. In 1941 the church and the presbytery were damaged by the explosion in the Castle ditch of a sea-mine intended for the harbour (Pickering, 2008, pages 11 and 12). The doors and windows of the church were blown out, the roof lost most of its slates and the roof timbers were damaged. The damage to the presbytery (49 and 50 Front Street) was irreparable, and so the parish priest moved into no. 4. The stained glass window in the Sanctuary was replaced because of this in 1946.
Site Name
Front Street, RC Church of Our Lady and St. Oswin
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
HER Number
9396
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Tynemouth-Our-Lady-and-St-Oswin
YEAR1
2007
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435110
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568130
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
North Shields
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Name
Coach Lane, Gospel Hall
Site Type: Specific
Nonconformist Meeting Hall
HER Number
9395
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006
YEAR1
2007
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
352
DAY1
28
District
Sunderland
Easting
431000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556600
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Washington
Description
Legend says that a local woman called Jane Atkinson was tried as a witch at the village pond in 1696. Although she sank three times, indicating that she was not a witch, she drowned on the third ducking.
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
SITEDESC
Legend says that a local woman called Jane Atkinson was tried as a witch at the village pond in 1696. Although she sank three times, indicating that she was not a witch, she drowned on the third ducking.
Site Name
Washington, ducking stool
Site Type: Specific
Ducking Stool
HER Number
9394
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Sunderland City Council, 2009, Washington Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; C. Bennett, 1960s, Washington Local History; Albert L. Hind, 1976, History and Folklore of Old Washington; Audrey Fletcher, 1999-2007, History of Washington webpages www.geocities.com/washingtonlass/HolyTrinityChurch.html
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
22
District
N Tyneside
Easting
434920
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570350
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Marden
Description
Designed by G.E. Charlewood and Curry of Newcastle in 1962. Dedicated in 1966 as a daughter church to St. George's at Cullercoats. In March 1975 the Cullercoats Team Ministry was formed and St. Hilda's became part of a 3-church team ministry with St. George's and St. Aidan's at Billy Mill. The church was consecrated on St. Hilda's Day, 17 November 1976. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Designed by G.E. Charlewood and Curry of Newcastle in 1962. Dedicated in 1966 as a daughter church to St. George's at Cullercoats. In March 1975 the Cullercoats Team Ministry was formed and St. Hilda's became part of a 3-church team ministry with St. George's and St. Aidan's at Billy Mill. The church was consecrated on St. Hilda's Day, 17 November 1976.
Site Name
Marden, Stanton Road, Church of St. Hilda
Site Type: Specific
Church
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
9393
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)
YEAR1
2007