Houghton-le-Spring, Burn Promenade, Eshcol Church (Eschol)

HER Number:
15963

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Burn Promenade, Eshcol Church (Eschol)

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Church

Site Type: Specific:
Pentecostalist Church

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Pentecostal Church. Built in 1949 from bricks from air raid shelters. It was a replacement for the chapel on Union Street. The first pastor was Norman Humphrey. He named the church after the Valley of Eschol in Israel. Eshcol is described as a 'fruitfil valley' in the bible (Numbers chapter 13, verse 23 and chapter 32, verse 9 and Deuteronomy chapter 1 verse 24). There is a stone plaque on the church which reads Eshcol Church 1949. The green noticeboard and interior plaque spells it Eschol (the correct spelling).

Easting:
3400

Northing:
4996

Grid Reference:
NZ34004996

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Lanagan,2012, The Eshcol Church, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk; Paul Lanagan, 2012, The little church so good they named it twice, article in Seaham and Houghton Star, Wednesday 12 September 2012