Burn Promenade, Eshcol Church (Eschol)
Burn Promenade, Eshcol Church (Eschol)
HER Number
15963
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Burn Promenade, Eshcol Church (Eschol)
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Pentecostalist Church
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Pentecostal Church. Built in 1949 from bricks from air raid shelters. It was a replacement for the chapel on Union Street. The first pastor was Norman Humphrey. He named the church after the Valley of Eschol in Israel. Eshcol is described as a 'fruitfil valley' in the bible (Numbers chapter 13, verse 23 and chapter 32, verse 9 and Deuteronomy chapter 1 verse 24). There is a stone plaque on the church which reads Eshcol Church 1949. The green noticeboard and interior plaque spells it Eschol (the correct spelling).
Easting
434000
Northing
549960
Grid Reference
NZ434000549960
Sources
Paul Lanagan,2012, The Eshcol Church, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk; Paul Lanagan, 2012, The little church so good they named it twice, article in Seaham and Houghton Star, Wednesday 12 September 2012