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Latitude: 54.9552 / 54°57'18"N
Longitude: -1.6146 / 1°36'52"W
OS Eastings: 424776
OS Northings: 562356
OS Grid: NZ247623
Mapcode National: GBR SP3.C7
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.5QD3
Plus Code: 9C6WX94P+34
Entry Name: Church of St Cuthbert
Listing Date: 13 January 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1248541
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430183
ID on this website: 101248541
Location: Bensham, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8
County: Gateshead
Electoral Ward/Division: Lobley Hill and Bensham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Gateshead
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Bensham and Teams
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Church building
1. BENSHAM ROAD
5099 (north-west side)
NZ 2560 6/6 26.4.50 Church of St Cuthbert
II
2.
1848 by John Dobson with wide north aisle added in 1875. Coursed stone with ashlar
dressings, high pitched Welsh slate roof, in simple Romanesque style. Prominent
eaves corbel table. 5-bay nave divided by flat buttresses. Single round headed
windows in deep recesses. Short, low apsidal chancel has small cross-gabled aisles,
the southern having chevron moulding to window and a small turret on the peak.
South-west tower, of two stages, holds porch with chamfered and moulded doorway and
two orders of nook-shafts. Stone broach spire with lucarnes. Small west vestry
extension.
Interior-round arcade piers, simple double-chamfered arches. West gallery on wood
columns. Arch braced timber roof on stone corbels. Rib vaulted chancel, chevron
moulded arch. Some good stained glass by Wailes, and by Thompson.
Listing NGR: NZ2477662356
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