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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

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