Bensham, Gladstone Terrace West, Christ Church
Bensham, Gladstone Terrace West, Christ Church
HER Number
8288
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bensham, Gladstone Terrace West, Christ Church
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1871 by Adams and Kelly of Leeds. Ashlar with high pitched slated roof, idio-
syncratic early Gothic style, French influence. Plain long nave, with clerestory,
runs directly into chevet at east end. Aisles are rows of six cross-gables with
short buttresses between, shallow gabled porch in westernmost. Cusped lancets,
single in clerestory, paired elsewhere, with roundels or quatrefoils over. Pent
west porch.
Inside has compound aisle piers with stiff-leaf capitals. Wagon roof whose ribs
rest on engaged columns. Handsome east end with good stained glass panels of
prophets and saints.
Land given by Lord Northbourne. Contributions from Lords Northbourne and Joicey. LISTED GRADE 2
syncratic early Gothic style, French influence. Plain long nave, with clerestory,
runs directly into chevet at east end. Aisles are rows of six cross-gables with
short buttresses between, shallow gabled porch in westernmost. Cusped lancets,
single in clerestory, paired elsewhere, with roundels or quatrefoils over. Pent
west porch.
Inside has compound aisle piers with stiff-leaf capitals. Wagon roof whose ribs
rest on engaged columns. Handsome east end with good stained glass panels of
prophets and saints.
Land given by Lord Northbourne. Contributions from Lords Northbourne and Joicey. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425440
Northing
562340
Grid Reference
NZ425440562340
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 7/89; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Coatsworth Conservation Area, pp 25-31