Tyne and Wear HER(12139): Monkseaton, Front Street, Methodist Church - Details
12139
N Tyneside
Monkseaton, Front Street, Methodist Church
Monkseaton
NZ37SW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Nonconformist Chapel
Methodist Chapel
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
This was once Village Farm's (HER 12132) turnip house. It was converted into an Anglian Chapel in 1899. The Wesleyans used it from 1913 {1}. The building was purchased in 1899 by a Colonel T.W. Elliott who converted it into a Anglican church. The Wesleyans moved here from Chapel Lane (HER 5870) in 1913. The two cannons which stood outside were from Scarborough Castle. In 1942 they were removed to be melted down for materials during the Second World War. For many years the chapel was known as 'The Gun Chapel'.
3442
7195
NZ34427195
North Tyneside Council Development Directorate, August 2006, Monkseaton Conservation Area Character Appraisal Draft; Charles W. Steel, 2000, Images of England - Monkseaton and Hillheads; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside