Chapel of St. Lawrence

HER Number

11814

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Chapel of St. Lawrence

Place

Westoe

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Chapel

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The remains of a 1347 chapel were standing until 1750. Now the site of Chapel House. The chapel of St. Lawrence was attached to the medieval manor house until 1400. Reference to the east end is made in 1750.

Easting

437227

Northing

566048

Grid Reference

NZ437227566048

Sources

North East Civic Trust & South Tyneside Council, 2002, Westoe Conservation Area Character Appraisal; South Tyneside Council, 2006, Westoe Conservation Area Management Plan, Draft SPD 10; A. Flagg, date unknown, 'Westoe Village', unpublished text held by South Shields Local Studies Library; G. Hodgson, 1924, History of South Shields; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; GB Hodgson, 1903, Borough of South Shields, pp 54-5; Miss A Flagg, no date, Chapel House, Westoe Village; National Monuments Record Monument No. 26470