Presbyterian Church Hall, Brighton Road

Presbyterian Church Hall, Brighton Road

HER Number
8281
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Presbyterian Church Hall, Brighton Road
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Church Hall
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1903. Snecked sandstone rubble, Welsh slate roofs with fretted ridge tiles,
corniced ashlar stacks. Austere building making commanding use of sloping corner
site. Main hall with undercroft, large gabled end to road has three bays. Stone
mullioned and transomed windows, central, three-light, with Perpendicular head under
four-centred arch. Two-bay domestic section at right has three lower storeys with
some windows echoing the hall on a smaller scale. Main gabled right bay has a
two-storey battlemented oriel. On left return of hall a prominent chimney stack
with abutting roof. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425000
Northing
561900
Grid Reference
NZ425000561900
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1 & 9/59