Benwell, Armstrong Road, RC Church of St. Joseph

HER Number:
9821

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Armstrong Road, RC Church of St. Joseph

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
1929 by Stienlet & Maxwell, opened October 1931 and consecrated March 22nd 1938. A successful brick-and-pantiled church of Mediterranean inspiration, but more straight-forwardly Romanesque. The church is thought to have replaced an earlier corrugated iron building of 1903 which stood on the opposite side of armstrong Road. The parish was taken over by Father J W Milroy in 1924. Recorded in 2014 by DPP Uk Ltd. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2143

Northing:
6391

Grid Reference:
NZ21436391

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare), 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 514; DPP UK Ltd. 2014, St Josephs Church, Armstrong Road, Benwell - Historic Building Recording; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/(offset)/80