Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11865
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2733
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6843
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Longbenton
Description
Mid C20 local authority flats. Municipal layout set out in a square with a large area of open space in the centre. Three storeys.
Site Type: Broad
Flats
SITEDESC
Mid C20 local authority flats. Municipal layout set out in a square with a large area of open space in the centre. Three storeys.
Site Name
St. Aidan's Court, Front Street
Site Type: Specific
Council Flats
HER Number
12154
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11865
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2749
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6859
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Longbenton
Description
Early C20 terrace facing away from Longbenton village. Half dormers at front and rear.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Early C20 terrace facing away from Longbenton village. Half dormers at front and rear.
Site Name
1 to 9 Cheviot View
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
12153
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7266
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2711
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6842
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Longbenton
Description
The farmhouse, Manor House (HER 7266) is listed grade 2. The other farm buildings are also converted into flats. Outside the farm there are several attractive metal bollards which look like late Victorian or Edwardian replicas.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
The farmhouse, Manor House (HER 7266) is listed grade 2. The other farm buildings are also converted into flats. Outside the farm there are several attractive metal bollards which look like late Victorian or Edwardian replicas.
Site Name
Manor Farm (Teal Close), Front Street
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
HER Number
12152
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
12146
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2777
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6930
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Benton
Description
The Assembly Rooms were built by 1916. The building became the Embassy Ballroom. It was destroyed by a fire in 1963.
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
The Assembly Rooms were built by 1916. The building became the Embassy Ballroom. It was destroyed by a fire in 1963.
Site Name
Assembly Rooms (Embassy Ballroom), Station Road
Site Type: Specific
Assembly Rooms
HER Number
12151
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
12146
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2807
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6890
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Benton
Description
A pavilion for the tennis club was built by 1916. The land is now allotment gardens.
Site Type: Broad
Sports Building
SITEDESC
A pavilion for the tennis club was built by 1916. The land is now allotment gardens.
Site Name
The Oval, tennis club
Site Type: Specific
Sports Pavilion
HER Number
12150
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
12146
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2805
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6888
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Benton
Description
Two tennis grounds had been laid out in the centre of The Oval by 1916. The land is now allotment gardens.
Site Type: Broad
Racket Sports Site
SITEDESC
Two tennis grounds had been laid out in the centre of The Oval by 1916. The land is now allotment gardens.
Site Name
The Oval, tennis grounds
Site Type: Specific
Tennis Court
HER Number
12149
Form of Evidence
Destroyed Monument
Sources
Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1916; North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11865
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2739
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6843
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Longbenton
Description
Built by 1916.
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
SITEDESC
Built by 1916.
Site Name
RC Church of St. Aidan, presbytery
Site Type: Specific
Priests House
HER Number
12148
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
11865
DAY1
18
DAY2
07
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2741
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6845
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Longbenton
Description
The original church (NZ 2738 6846) was built by 1916 to the immediate west of the present one. The extant church was built in 1963 as a parish hall intended to serve a future church. Those hopes were unfulfilled and the ‘hall’ became the church. The sanctuary was redesigned by David Brown in 1978 and reordered in 1990 by Les Stringer (parish files) for the church’s consecration on 13 December 1990.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The original church (NZ 2738 6846) was built by 1916 to the immediate west of the present one. The extant church was built in 1963 as a parish hall intended to serve a future church. Those hopes were unfulfilled and the ‘hall’ became the church. The sanctuary was redesigned by David Brown in 1978 and reordered in 1990 by Les Stringer (parish files) for the church’s consecration on 13 December 1990. The church is a function design of 1963, built as a parish hall. The walls are of stretcher bond brick, with artificial stone dressings; the low-pitched roof is covered in copper sheeting. Ritual east is to the south; ritual orientation is referred to in this description.
The church is entered from a recessed two-storey lobby which links hall and church. A plain west door leads to the church from the lobby. The long elevations have six bays, the outer ones blind, the six between them with large rectangular clerestory windows, those on the ritual north with wired glass. A small one-storey extension on the south side holds the sacristies. The exterior of the north and east walls is not accessible.
Inside, the interior is a single open space, with plaster, white painted surfaces. The flat ceiling rests on beams and solid brackets attached to flat wall posts. The wide sanctuary area is raised on one full-width step, with two apron steps to the altar, and two canted steps against the wall on which a crucifix hangs. All the liturgical furnishings are of white marble. A tabernacle stand at the left and ambo at the right have square bases and cornices; two smaller columns support the altar mensa. There are also square supports to the font, to the right on the lowest step. The presidential chair to the left of the altar is in similar style. There is a simple dado rail, interrupted by blank panels, probably intended as doors for the planned hall. Thick timber solid wood benches by Ormsby of Scarisbrick, with rail backs and solid ends, on either side of a central aisle.
Site Name
Front Street, RC Church of St. Aidan
Site Type: Specific
Roman Catholic Church
HER Number
12147
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal; http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Hexham-Newcastle/Benton-St-Aidan [accessed 7th March 2016]
YEAR1
2009
YEAR2
2016
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11865
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
2784
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6900
General Period
21ST CENTURY
Specific Period
21st Century 2001 to 2100
Place
Benton
Description
Designated in March 2007. The boundary is based on Victorian and Edwardian suburban development in Benton and Forest Hall. Suburban growth features lower density detached or semi-detached houses with large back gardens such as the east side of Tynedale Terrace, Grange Avenue and Northumberland Avenue and terraced houses with small front gardens and back yards (e.g. north side of Clifton Terrace, east side of East Avenue and Queens Gardens). Benton had a great number of large houses set in extensive grounds. Some of these remain (e.g. Grove Cottage and The Gables on Thornhill Road) but others have been lost and the plots filled by modern housing - Craigmont Court was built in the 1960s or 70s on the site of Craigmont mansion and The Beeches has been built on the site of Westbourne. Open spaces within the CA include Benton Quarry Park and St. Bartholomew's churchyard. Benton's finest buildings include Field House, The Grange, Hillcrest, The Gables and 29 and 31 Lyndhurst Road. West Avenue and The Grove are worthy of mention. The metro station and the churches of St. Andrew and St. Bartholomew have true landmark qualities. Planned terraces include East Avenue, Queens Gardens and Clifton Terrace. Sandstone is used on bay windows, porches, door surrounds and quoins on brick houses. The Oval uses non-local red sandstone. The Ship Inn is built of smooth red late Victorian and Edwardian brick, like the metro station. The early to mid C20 semis on Midhurst Road and The Exchange are built in darker brown brick. Brick is used for architectural detailing to highlight windows (4 Grange Avenue), doors (25 Clifton Terrace), gables (The Grange), eaves (Queens Gardens) and chimneys (Clifton Terrace). Bricks are used for quoins (10 Tynedale Terrace) and as patterning (Station Approach). Roughcast render such as that on the first floor of The Oval, was used extensively in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. No. 1 Sandringham Avenue was a newsagents for over 100 years. Now as Black's it has lost its historic shopfront and has a plastic sign, new windows and roller shutters. Land to the east is a former quarry (HER 1124). Part of the railway infrastructure consists of the 'Benton Curve', a disued railway line that has been left to grow, forming a rich wildlife habitat.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
Designated in March 2007. The boundary is based on Victorian and Edwardian suburban development in Benton and Forest Hall. Suburban growth features lower density detached or semi-detached houses with large back gardens such as the east side of Tynedale Terrace, Grange Avenue and Northumberland Avenue and terraced houses with small front gardens and back yards (e.g. north side of Clifton Terrace, east side of East Avenue and Queens Gardens). Benton had a great number of large houses set in extensive grounds. Some of these remain (e.g. Grove Cottage and The Gables on Thornhill Road) but others have been lost and the plots filled by modern housing - Craigmont Court was built in the 1960s or 70s on the site of Craigmont mansion and The Beeches has been built on the site of Westbourne. Open spaces within the CA include Benton Quarry Park and St. Bartholomew's churchyard. Benton's finest buildings include Field House, The Grange, Hillcrest, The Gables and 29 and 31 Lyndhurst Road. West Avenue and The Grove are worthy of mention. The metro station and the churches of St. Andrew and St. Bartholomew have true landmark qualities. Planned terraces include East Avenue, Queens Gardens and Clifton Terrace. Sandstone is used on bay windows, porches, door surrounds and quoins on brick houses. The Oval uses non-local red sandstone. The Ship Inn is built of smooth red late Victorian and Edwardian brick, like the metro station. The early to mid C20 semis on Midhurst Road and The Exchange are built in darker brown brick. Brick is used for architectural detailing to highlight windows (4 Grange Avenue), doors (25 Clifton Terrace), gables (The Grange), eaves (Queens Gardens) and chimneys (Clifton Terrace). Bricks are used for quoins (10 Tynedale Terrace) and as patterning (Station Approach). Roughcast render such as that on the first floor of The Oval, was used extensively in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. No. 1 Sandringham Avenue was a newsagents for over 100 years. Now as Black's it has lost its historic shopfront and has a plastic sign, new windows and roller shutters. Land to the east is a former quarry (HER 1124). Part of the railway infrastructure consists of the 'Benton Curve', a disued railway line that has been left to grow, forming a rich wildlife habitat.
Site Name
Benton Conservation Area
Site Type: Specific
Town Quarter
HER Number
12146
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2007, Longbenton and Benton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, 1999, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth; W.G. Elliott, 2000, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square; W.G. Elliott, 2002, The Parish and Church of St. Bartholomew, Longbenton - A Social History