Brunswick Village, Mason Street, Benson Memorial Church

HER Number

14540

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Brunswick Village, Mason Street, Benson Memorial Church

Place

Brunswick

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

United Methodist Free Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

United Free Church built at Dinnington Colliery in 1874. Now 'Classic Fireplaces'. Cost £630. Gable-fronted, snecked stone. 1899 schoolroom to rear. Datestone and a roundel in the north gable survive. All original openings have been removed. The main building is now a featureless box.

Easting

423170

Northing

572700

Grid Reference

NZ423170572700

Sources

Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012