Shiney Row, Penshaw Place, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

HER Number:
16603

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Shiney Row, Penshaw Place, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Place:
Shiney Row

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel erected in 1852 at a cost of £320 bequethed by the Allen family. It was designed in early English style. He also says that the village has a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Association. The Archaeological Practice suggest this is the WM chapel. Demolished 1970s.

Easting:
3251

Northing:
5278

Grid Reference:
NZ32515278

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey second edition, 1898; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham