Bensham, Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church
Bensham, Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church
HER Number
17701
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bensham, Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
One of a group of three churches (including a Baptist and a United Free Methodist) that once gave the name of ‘Holy Corner’ to this part of Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church was built in 1877 at a cost £7650 (following a church hall erected four years previously) in the Decorated Gothic style, J.J.Lish being the architect. It was last used in 1938, but the building stood until 1957.
Easting
425670
Northing
562460
Grid Reference
NZ425670562460
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in Gateshead; http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=presbyterian+&record=5