Park Road, New Church (Swedenborgian)

HER Number

14617

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Park Road, New Church (Swedenborgian)

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Swedenborgian Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on 1896 Ordnance Survey map. Swedenborgian or New Christian Church. Still shown on 1937-40 map but not on 1952. Gothic, with corner tower and spire. Latterly (1960) a Venetian Blind Factory. Demolished 1960s.

Easting

423500

Northing

563450

Grid Reference

NZ423500563450

Sources

Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey