Station Road, Church of St. Andrew

HER Number

12167

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Station Road, Church of St. Andrew

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Church

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Built in 1904. The doorway has a large gothic style porch with steps and a moulded lion head. This was the main entrance until a church hall was built to the north in 1937, enclosing the doorway within a courtyard. The church has some very attractive Art Nouveau windows that are hidden by metal grates. Pitched Welsh slate roof.

Easting

427730

Northing

569010

Grid Reference

NZ427730569010

Sources

Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside, a survey