Houghton-le-Spring, Mautland Street, Gospel Hall

HER Number:
15959

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Mautland Street, Gospel Hall

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Nonconformist Meeting House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Around 1907 two rooms above Frank Jones' chemist shop on Newbottle Street were used for Evangelical services. By 1912 the Houghton-le-Spring Evangelical Assembly hired a hall in Pottery Yard. Later they had this Gospel Hall on Mautland Street on the corner of George Street. Single storey (?rendered) with a pitched tiled roof. Gothic arched door in gable end. A second door in the east elevation along with four Gothic arched windows.

Easting:
3420

Northing:
5013

Grid Reference:
NZ34205013

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Lanagan, Photo Focus, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk