Monkwearmouth, Brooke Street, United Methodist Free Church

HER Number:
16650

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Brooke Street, United Methodist Free Church

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
United Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Appears to be two churches in the same building, both listed in Kelly's 1886 directory. A United Methodist Free Chapel, built after 1852, closed 1870. And the Venerable Bede Mission Church. On the third edition 25 inch OS map of 1919, the building is shown as a Mission Room. The site is now a vacant lot.

Easting:
3940

Northing:
5774

Grid Reference:
NZ39405774

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Sunderland Library List of Chapels; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, p 45; Kelly's Directory of Sunderland, 1886