The Avenue, Independent Methodist Church
The Avenue, Independent Methodist Church
HER Number
16903
District
Sunderland
Site Name
The Avenue, Independent Methodist Church
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Independent Methodist Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The Avenue, Independent Methodist Church. 1884- Site purchased 1884 by ‘Christ’s Army’ (breakaway group from local Salvation Army (estab 1881) but soon joined Christian Lay Church. Cottages and schoolroom built first, chapel completed 1889. Brick, gable fronted.
Easting
435560
Northing
547510
Grid Reference
NZ435560547510
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas