United Free Church built at Dinnington Colliery in 1874. Now 'Classic Fireplaces'. Cost £630. Gable-fronted, snecked stone. 1899 schoolroom to rear. Datestone and a roundel in the north gable survive. All original openings have been removed. The main building is now a featureless box.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
United Free Church built at Dinnington Colliery in 1874. Now 'Classic Fireplaces'. Cost £630. Gable-fronted, snecked stone. 1899 schoolroom to rear. Datestone and a roundel in the north gable survive. All original openings have been removed. The main building is now a featureless box.
Site Name
Brunswick Village, Mason Street, Benson Memorial Church
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
HER Number
14540
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
423420
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
572760
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Brunswick
Description
Built in 1899. Primitive Methodist chapel at Dinnington Colliery. Out of use in 1973. Now Chapel Cottage. Much altered.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built in 1899. Primitive Methodist chapel at Dinnington Colliery. Out of use in 1973. Now Chapel Cottage. Much altered.
Site Name
Brunswick Village, Cheviot View, Zion Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14539
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
417650
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566260
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Blucher
Description
Built 1906. Red brick with ashlar dressings. Simple Gothic gable-fronted church with lancet windows and attached hall to north. In 2003 the hall was extended.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built 1906. Red brick with ashlar dressings. Simple Gothic gable-fronted church with lancet windows and attached hall to north. In 2003 the hall was extended.
Site Name
Stephenson Memorial Methodist Church (Wesleyan)
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14538
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
419740
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564370
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Built 1897-8. In 1927 the congregation moved to a new church on Whitfield Road and the original chapel was then used as a Sunday School. Demolished in 1963.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built 1897-8. In 1927 the congregation moved to a new church on Whitfield Road and the original chapel was then used as a Sunday School. Demolished in 1963.
Site Name
Ridley Terrace, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14537
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
420880
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563770
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Scotswood
Description
Nonconformist Mission Room. Appears in directories from 1905 until 1962. From 1950 it was known as 'Newcastle City Mission'. Locally it was known as 'Chalmers' Mission'. Demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Mission Hall
SITEDESC
Nonconformist Mission Room. Appears in directories from 1905 until 1962. From 1950 it was known as 'Newcastle City Mission'. Locally it was known as 'Chalmers' Mission'. Demolished.
Site Name
Delaval Road, City Mission Room
Site Type: Specific
Mission Hall
HER Number
14536
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421970
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564670
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Benwell
Description
Initially proposed as a larger set of buildings, the full Primitive Methodist Church was never fully completed and only the eastern section: the proposed Sunday School, was built. This building opened in March 1906 as a Wesleyan church and school. The larger parcel of land intended for the church at the junction of Condercum Road and West Road was retained and remained vacant until 1935 when a primary hall and vestries were added. The Church Hall was added in 1954 which opened in 1955. The church remained open, conducting baptisms and marriages, until the mid 1980s but was demolished by 1989.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Initially proposed as a larger set of buildings, the full Primitive Methodist Church was never fully completed and only the eastern section: the proposed Sunday School, was built. This building opened in March 1906 as a Wesleyan church and school. The larger parcel of land intended for the church at the junction of Condercum Road and West Road was retained and remained vacant until 1935 when a primary hall and vestries were added. The Church Hall was added in 1954 which opened in 1955. The church remained open, conducting baptisms and marriages, until the mid 1980s but was demolished by 1989.
Site Name
Benwell Grove Methodist Church, Condercum Road
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14535
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012; painting of Proposed Primitive Methodist Church, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, c 1905, West Newcastle Picture History Collection at West End Library, Benwell, Location BE 6.5, Neg. No. E 8/2, Print No. 15396
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
YEAR1
2012
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
David Cockcroft
Crossref
6360
DAY1
17
DAY2
20
District
Newcastle
Easting
421620
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
02
MONTH2
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563700
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Brick with ashlar dressings. Gable front with two separate porches and a large window between. Side with three tall windows under gablets. Seated 750. Later used as 'Quasar Laser'. Demolished recently [2012].
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The previous site for the Wesleyan Chapel was located on Paradise Row (HER 6360), however when South Benwell was being developed for housing at the beginning of the twentieth century the church trustees accepted the offer of “a larger and better site, together with £200 for the surrender of the lease”. The site was in lower Atkinson Road and construction of a church to seat 370 people, plus a school, were agreed at £2300.
However funds were only made available for the school element of the plan and this was also used as the church. The new building, still called Paradise Methodist Church, was opened on 17 November 1906. Sir William Haswell Stephenson subscribed £50 towards the cost and his sister £25. This building was constructed in brick with ashlar dressing, featuring a gable front with two separate porches and a large window between and a side with three tall windows under gablets. The land immediately to the south was retained to build the church when funding allowed but this ultimately never happened.
The church closed in 1975 and the building became a workshop for the furniture upholstery business of Thompson & Ivison. The building was placed on the market again in 1986 and then became the home of Quasar Laser, a paintball business. By 2006, the building was empty and derelict, and was demolished in 2012. The site remained vacant until 2013 when work began on a row of terraced houses to complement the design of the rest of Atkinson Road.
Site Name
Paradise Church (Wesleyan), Atkinson Road,
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
HER Number
14533
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012
Notes by I Farrier 2023, West Newcastle Picture History Collection
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2023
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
422050
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563800
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Built 1898. Gothic style. Burned down in 1982.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Built 1898. Gothic style. Burned down in 1982.
Site Name
Armstrong Road, Presbyterian Church
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
14532
Form of Evidence
Destroyed Monument
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012; slide by J. Walton, dated 1977/8, West Newcastle Picture History Collection at West End Library, Benwell, Location BE 6.9, Neg. No. ONE/48/14, Print No. 966
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
14527, 14530
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421930
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564060
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
In December 1894 a manse was built, paid for by Mrs W.H. Stephenson, Mayoress of Newcastle. The architect was a Mr Dyson. The Rev. H.A. Hodgson was the first minister to live in the manse.
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
SITEDESC
In December 1894 a manse was built, paid for by Mrs W.H. Stephenson, Mayoress of Newcastle. The architect was a Mr Dyson. The Rev. H.A. Hodgson was the first minister to live in the manse.
Site Name
Adelaide Terrace, manse
Site Type: Specific
Manse
HER Number
14531
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside - a survey January/February 2012