Millfield, Sorley Street/Chester Street West, chapel

HER Number:
13639

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Millfield, Sorley Street/Chester Street West, chapel

Place:
Millfield

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Congregational Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Sorley Street, Congregational Church (now St Bede’s United Reformed Church). 1890-1891 by John Eltringham .Gothic with narrow spire, and tall spirelet. Spacious interior with arcades. Impressive oak pulpit, formerly in a central position. Brick hall top rear. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map of circa 1898.

Easting:
3821

Northing:
5666

Grid Reference:
NZ38215666

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1898; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Corfe, T and Milburn, G. Buildings and Beliefs. An Architectural Guide to Places of Worship in the Borough of Sunderland. Wearside Historic Churches Group 1984