Longbenton, Front Street, RC Church of St. Aidan

HER Number:
12147

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Front Street, RC Church of St. Aidan

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Roman Catholic Church

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
2741

Northing:
6845

Grid Reference:
NZ27416845

Lats/Lons:

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]