Shiney Row, Chester Road, United Methodist Free Church

HER Number:
16892

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Shiney Row, Chester Road, United Methodist Free Church

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:
United Methodist Free Church (Trinity Methodist Church). Built 1805 as Wesleyan, rebuilt 1831. In 1956 the Trustees agreed to amalgamate with Station Road Methodist Church to form the Shiney Row Methodist Church. Parts of the building were demolished and rebuilt as Trinity Methodist Church, which opened on June 24th 1972; old photograph shows that present old roughcast building was probably church hall.

Easting:
3234

Northing:
5253

Grid Reference:
NZ32345253

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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