St. Andrew's Centre, 2-5 Church Street
St. Andrew's Centre, 2-5 Church Street
HER Number
8148
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
St. Andrew's Centre, 2-5 Church Street
Place
Hebburn
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Church Hall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Formerly St Andrew's Church Hall. Community Centre and school. Circa 1872
by R J Johnson of Newcastle. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar plinth, quoins
and cornice; roof of Welsh slate; wooden spirelet. Plan a long rectangle with
wings at rear corners and classrooms adjacent to rear; Gothic style. 2 storeys, 6
bays having rectangular 3-light windows below. Gothic 2-light into gabled dormers
above; entrances in extreme left and right bays, that at the right with original
'Girls School' inscription; saddleback staircase towers adjoin at rear corners,
Gothic windows to front. Roof has dormers front and rear in each bay, those at the
rear alternating with wide chimneys, all but one now truncated; 2 end chimneys;
all chimneys corniced. Flat stone gable coping; central louvred timber spirelet. LISTED GRADE 2
by R J Johnson of Newcastle. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar plinth, quoins
and cornice; roof of Welsh slate; wooden spirelet. Plan a long rectangle with
wings at rear corners and classrooms adjacent to rear; Gothic style. 2 storeys, 6
bays having rectangular 3-light windows below. Gothic 2-light into gabled dormers
above; entrances in extreme left and right bays, that at the right with original
'Girls School' inscription; saddleback staircase towers adjoin at rear corners,
Gothic windows to front. Roof has dormers front and rear in each bay, those at the
rear alternating with wide chimneys, all but one now truncated; 2 end chimneys;
all chimneys corniced. Flat stone gable coping; central louvred timber spirelet. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
430530
Northing
565060
Grid Reference
NZ430530565060
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1/75; Peter Ryder, 2014, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church & St. Andrew's Centre - Historic Buildings Recording; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project