Bensham, Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church

HER Number:
17701

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bensham, Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church

Place:
Bensham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Presbyterian Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
One of a group of three churches (including a Baptist and a United Free Methodist) that once gave the name of ‘Holy Corner’ to this part of Durham Road, Belle Vue Presbyterian Church was built in 1877 at a cost £7650 (following a church hall erected four years previously) in the Decorated Gothic style, J.J.Lish being the architect. It was last used in 1938, but the building stood until 1957.

Easting:
2567

Northing:
6246

Grid Reference:
NZ25676246

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in Gateshead; http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=presbyterian+&record=5