Roker, Lonsdale Road, Roker Methodist Church

HER Number:
12444

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Roker, Lonsdale Road, Roker Methodist Church

Place:
Roker

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Roker Methodist Church by John Eltringham. Opened in 1905 to seat 239 people. It provides an attractive gateway feature to those entering the Conservation Area from the south west. Gothic design with attractive spire. Glass from Ebenezer Congregational Chapel, Fawcett Street 1851.

Easting:
4033

Northing:
5878

Grid Reference:
NZ40335878

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
City of Sunderland, April 1997, Conservation Areas in the City of Sunderland; Sunderland City Council, February 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; City of Sunderland, 1998, Roker: A walk through the Conservation Area; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland