Southwick, Clockwell Street, The Gem

HER Number:
13552

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, Clockwell Street, The Gem

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
This cinema opened in July 1913 and was a converted chapel able to seat c. 300. It was Sunderlands smallest cinema and was owned by James Noble, a fairground attraction owner. After his death in 1924 the cinema closed; it later became the premises for the National Assistance Board (later Social Security) now demolished.

Easting:
3816

Northing:
5833

Grid Reference:
NZ38165833

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland