Sunderland, Villiers Street, Sunday School (institute)

HER Number:
16556

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Villiers Street, Sunday School (institute)

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
School

Site Type: Specific:
Sunday School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The Sunday School was built in 1849 over the top of the underground burial vaults (HER 16557). In 1869 an infant school was built west of the Sunday School. In 1893 the Sunday School became an institute and an upper floor an staircase were added. The chapel (and presumably the Sunday School) was out of use by 1933. The Sunday School was later used as a car repair and spray shop.

Easting:
4006

Northing:
5710

Grid Reference:
NZ40065710

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brown, L, D., and Town, M. 2018. Bethel Chapel Crypt, Villiers Street, Sunderland: Post-excavation Assessment report, North Pennines Archaeology and Bradford University, HER4855