Bensham, Bensham Road, Congregational Church

HER Number

17697

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bensham, Bensham Road, Congregational Church

Place

Bensham

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Congregational Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

A Gothic church built in 1872 at a cost of £7,000; its seating was variously quoted as 850 or 950. The architect was J.P.Pritchett. Demolished in 1973.

Easting

425250

Northing

562890

Grid Reference

NZ425250562890

Sources

Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in Gateshead