St. Andrew's Centre, 2-5 Church Street

This building was listed Grade II in 1982 with the following description:
'Formerly St Andrew's Church Hall. Community Centre and school. Circa 1872 by R J Johnson of Newcastle. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar plinth, quoins and cornice; roof of Welsh slate; wooden spirelet. Plan a long rectangle with wings at rear corners and classrooms adjacent to rear; Gothic style. 2 storeys, 6 bays having rectangular 3-light windows below. Gothic 2-light into gabled dormers above; entrances in extreme left and right bays, that at the right with original 'Girls School' inscription; saddleback staircase towers adjoin at rear corners, Gothic windows to front. Roof has dormers front and rear in each bay, those at the rear alternating with wide chimneys, all but one now truncated; 2 end chimneys; all chimneys corniced. Flat stone gable coping; central louvred timber spirelet.'
The building was recorded in 2014 by Peter Ryder ahead of redevelopment. The interior was found to have been extensively remodelled with few original features. LISTED GRADE 2