Newcastle, Forster Street, Glassite Chapel

HER Number:
14657

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Forster Street, Glassite Chapel

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Sandemanian Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
On 1860 Ordnance Survey but gone by 1896 edition. Small building built against internal face of a short surviving section of medieval town wall (HER 1563). The Glassite movement was founded by John Glass after his expulsion from the Church of Scotland in 1728. It was spread to England by his son-in-law, Robert Sandeman.

Easting:
2553

Northing:
6407

Grid Reference:
NZ25536407

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey