Sunderland, Fawcett Street, Ebenezer Congregational Chapel

HER Number:
16716

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Fawcett Street, Ebenezer Congregational Chapel

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Congregational Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Fawcett Street, Ebenezer Chapel (Congregational). 1851-? ‘Assembly Hall’ on 1896 OS. Glass now at Roker Methodist Church. The site was redeveloped into the York City and County Bank between 1902 and 1905. The site was redesigned by Walter Henry Briefley (1862-1926) and was known as the 'Yorkshire Lutyens'. The new building was consturcted in a Baroque 'Grand Manner' design. The ground floor is constructed from sandstone and the first floor from pale grey granite. The building was later occupied by HSBC.

Easting:
3976

Northing:
5704

Grid Reference:
NZ39765704

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates.