Assembly Rooms (Embassy Ballroom), Station Road

HER Number

12151

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Assembly Rooms (Embassy Ballroom), Station Road

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Meeting Hall

Site Type: Specific

Assembly Rooms

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The Assembly Rooms were built by 1916. The building became the Embassy Ballroom. It was destroyed by a fire in 1963.

Easting

427770

Northing

569300

Grid Reference

NZ427770569300

Sources

Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal