19-499: Tyneview Park is a large government office site in Benton , Newcastle upon Tyne , England . Tyneview Park is home to many departments of The Pension Service , a sector of the Department for Work and Pensions and HMRC. Built in the early 1990s and opened in 1995, the site is set back from Whitley Road, a major route through Benton with an access road leading south from Whitley Road into
38-501: A campus on Coach Lane. There are three public houses in the village: The Benton Alehouse (formerly The Sun Inn), The Black Bull and The Ship Inn. An Italian restaurant, Casa Antonio, is situated on Front Street. St Aidan's RC Church is a modern building at the corner of Whitley Road and Coach Lane. St Andrew's Church (Methodist and URC Combined) and St Bartholomew's Church (Anglican), the Parish Church, are located on Station Road, to
57-469: A new chapel, parish office and library were dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle. The Church still maintains daily Morning and Evening Prayer, with a mid-week Eucharist on a Wednesday. On a Sunday there are three services, with the main 'Sung Eucharist' at 10.00 am. The beautiful surroundings and traditional interior have made it a popular venue for weddings. The church choir continues to attract musicians from
76-418: A stage where rebuilding was the only remaining option. The architect employed was William Newton , who designed and built the nave and tower over the foundations of the original church. Dr Besly, vicar of the parish from 1830 writes 'the chancel, which was then the responsibility of Balliol College, was left in its original state in consequence of the disinclination of the lessees of the great tithes to undertake
95-539: A variety of age groups and musical heritage, meeting weekly for rehearsals, and singing at the Parish Eucharist once a week. The choir maintain a rich musical tradition, performing a both historical and modern music. They dress in traditional cassock and surplice . The original organ was built by Nicholson and Son in 1874, and was rebuilt by J.J. Binns, Fitton & Haley. A description of its faculties can be found on The National Pipe Organ Register . This instrument
114-531: Is a reference to transfer of the advowson by Roger de Merlay dated 1251 and then of the foundation of a chantry in honour of the Virgin Mary by 'Adam of Benton' dated 23 December 1310. This foundation names the church of St Andrew in Benton.' In 1339/1340, the church was transferred to the patronage of Balliol College Oxford which still holds it. By 1790, the church had fallen into great disrepair, and had reached
133-670: Is an area of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear , England. It is 4 miles (6 km) to the north east of Newcastle upon Tyne . The parish of St Bartholomew, Longbenton , is within the North Tyneside district. The population of the North Tyneside Ward taken at the Census 2011 was 10,359. The area is contiguous with the suburbs of Newcastle. The centre of the Benton district is the old village of Longbenton which stretches along Front Street on
152-466: Is situated in Hailsham Avenue. Other places of education within the locality include Benton Park Primary School, which opened in 1953 and is part of Newcastle L.A., and St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School, which is part of North Tyneside L.A. Three other North Tyneside primary schools are located on Longbenton Estate: the new Benton Dene school, Balliol, and St Stephen's RC. Northumbria University has
171-637: Is the Anglican parish church of Longbenton , in Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear . It is built in the Gothic Revival style. Whilst limited evidence exists of church activity round Benton from the 7th and 8th centuries, it is from the mid-12th century that the existence of the parish of Long Benton can be assured, as the church can name its rectors from 1150 to the present day. Dr G. W. D. Briggs, in his publication 'St. Bartholomew's Church', states that 'there
190-523: The Metro system. Some of the original station buildings are still in use, some were removed during the conversion to Metro service. There are also Metro stations at Four Lane Ends and Longbenton. To the north west of the station, stretching across to South Gosforth, is Longbenton Estate. This area is undergoing substantial redevelopment and refurbishment. Longbenton Community College , the home of Longbenton Community College Senior Choir who recently toured Prague,
209-500: The Old Coast Road. The opening of the station in the nineteenth century caused the district around the railway to be developed as a desirable, out-of-town suburb. It retains its character to this day and two areas, around the village itself and around the station, have been designated as conservation areas. Benton Metro station dates from 1871. The line was electrified in the early years of the twentieth century and later became part of
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#1732844496442228-501: The expense of rebuilding it,' and the church was dedicated in honour of Saint Bartholomew and was consecrated by the Bishop of Peterborough, the Right Reverend Dr John Hinchcliffe on 2 November 1791. The chancel was rebuilt in 1855, with an organ chamber and south aisle being added in 1874. The vestry was added in 1888 and the date of the porch is uncertain. In the early nineteenth century, St Bartholomew's Church
247-435: The main site. Initially, the site consisted of four main office blocks (lettered A - D) with a crèche facility and a restaurant block (with a small gymnasium). Each of the four office blocks is identical in structure. With three floors in total, each floor has office space to the north and south of the building, leaving a three-storey open space, known as an ' atrium '. These atria spanned the whole building, with glass windows on
266-487: The network of regional Pension Centres across the country. The main centres at Tyneview Park are: Tyneview Park was built as a satellite site of a larger government office site, approximately a mile west, in Longbenton called Benton Park View . Benton Park View does house a few The Pension Service departments; however this site is predominantly a HM Revenue and Customs site. Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne Benton
285-607: The north of the railway line. On Longbenton Estate there is a Methodist church on Chester's Avenue; the Anglican St Mary Magdalene on West Farm Avenue and St Peter and St Paul's RC Church in Bardsey Place. [REDACTED] Media related to Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne at Wikimedia Commons This Tyne and Wear location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St Bartholomew%27s Church, Long Benton St Bartholomew's Church, Long Benton
304-416: The roof and semi-darkened glass to the sides of the office spaces on each floor. Inside the atria, seating areas can be found along with vending machines. Stairs and lifts to the floors could be found to the east and west of each building. In 2002, work started on a new large building to the south of the site, which would house the new 'London Pension Centre', which would be known as 'J Block'. This new building
323-568: The west, a DSA test centre to the north west, the 'Blue Flames' clubhouse to the north east and the Newcastle United F.C. training ground to the south. The East Coast Main Line can be found to the east of the site also, with the Newcastle to Edinburgh stretch of the line. Tyneview Park is made up of departments solely from The Pension Service with centrally based 'centres' located here, supporting
342-603: Was slightly different from its A - D predecessors, although having an atrium itself, it differed from the other blocks by having open office space looking onto the atria rather than having glass walls. The building opened in 2004. In 1996, Tyneview Park was awarded the 'Quality in Urban Design' award by the Royal Town Planning Institute . The site borders on the Coach Lane Campus of Northumbria University to
361-491: Was the parish church of the railway pioneer George Stephenson and his son, the future engineer Robert Stephenson , who lived at Dial Cottage in West Moor . George's wife Frances and their baby daughter, also called Frances, are buried in the churchyard, but it is not known where. The new, octagonal Church Hall was built in 1980, replacing an earlier parish hall on the other side of Station Road, which had opened in 1925. In 1994,
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