Benton, Station Road, Church of St. Andrew

HER Number:
12167

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Benton, Station Road, Church of St. Andrew

Place:
Benton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Church

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Built in 1904. The doorway has a large gothic style porch with steps and a moulded lion head. This was the main entrance until a church hall was built to the north in 1937, enclosing the doorway within a courtyard. The church has some very attractive Art Nouveau windows that are hidden by metal grates. Pitched Welsh slate roof.

Easting:
2773

Northing:
6901

Grid Reference:
NZ27736901

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside, a survey