Sheriff Hill, Sheriff's Highway, United Methodist Free Church

HER Number:
11913

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Sheriff Hill, Sheriff's Highway, United Methodist Free Church

Place:
Sheriff Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
United Methodist Free Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A chapel (NZ 2644 6081) built in 1864 to seat 300; it was stone, in a Gothic style, with a Sunday school in the basement. A modern Methodist church stands near the site.

Easting:
2644

Northing:
6081

Grid Reference:
NZ26446081

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Gateshead Council, April 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Proposed Sheriff Hill Conservation Area, pp 79-82 (Supplementary Planning Guidance); Gateshead Council, July 2003, Sheriff Hill Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategy and Character Statement (Appendix to Supplementary Planning Guidance 1), pp 14-19; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of Gateshead