Tyne and Wear HER(13274): Roker, iron church - Details
13274
Gateshead
Roker, iron church
Roker
NZ45NW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Church
Early Modern
C19
Demolished Building
In 1897 an iron church was planned by All Saints, Monkwearmouth. The architect was John H. Nicholls of 38 Fawcett Street, Sunderland. The proposed church had a porch, a nave with a railed-off sanctuary, a back porch and toilets. The church was heated by two stoves. The last service was on 26 July 1936.
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59
NZ4059
Norman Emery, 1990, Corrugated Iron Public Buildings in County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1990, page 70; Durham Record Office EP/MO.AS/113, EP/MO.AS/112