Tyne and Wear HER(15749): South Shields, Ocean Road, Congregational Church - Details
15749
S Tyneside
South Shields, Ocean Road, Congregational Church
South Shields
NZ36NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Nonconformist Chapel
Congregational Chapel
Early Modern
C19
Demolished Building
The Congregational Church was built in 1885, costing £7371. Brick and stone, in the Perpendicular style The church had a 90 feet square tower on the east side. It could seat over 800 people. Last used in the 1950s. It was demolished in 1994.
3657
6735
NZ36576735
Archaeological Services Durham University, May 2012, Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear - archaeological desk-based assessment; Tyne and Wear Archives, 1884, plans of Ocean Road church and school DT.JHM/92, DT.JHM/92/1 and DT.JHM/92/2; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of South Shields