Front Street, RC Church of St. Aidan
Front Street, RC Church of St. Aidan
HER Number
12147
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Front Street, RC Church of St. Aidan
Place
Longbenton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The original church (NZ 2738 6846) was built by 1916 to the immediate west of the present one. The extant church was built in 1963 as a parish hall intended to serve a future church. Those hopes were unfulfilled and the ‘hall’ became the church. The sanctuary was redesigned by David Brown in 1978 and reordered in 1990 by Les Stringer (parish files) for the church’s consecration on 13 December 1990.
Easting
427410
Northing
568450
Grid Reference
NZ427410568450
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Benton-St-Aidan [accessed 7th March 2016]