Cleadon, Sunderland Road, Methodist Church

HER Number:
12798

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Sunderland Road, Methodist Church

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Built in 1899. Single storey brick church. Extended at the back. A new simple lych gate has been built by the entrance to the car park. This church replaced a farm cottage at Burdon's farm as the Methodist church for the village. John Burdon preached at the farm from 1780 onwards. In 1807 it became a licensed premises for preaching. The foundation stone for the 1899 church was laid by Dr John Burdon, grandson of the first minster.

Easting:
3854

Northing:
6223

Grid Reference:
NZ38546223

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Conservation Area Character Appraisal, page 52; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas