Houghton le Spring, Pottery Yard, Salvation Army Citadel

HER Number:
16988

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton le Spring, Pottery Yard, Salvation Army Citadel

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Meeting House

Site Type: Specific:
Salvation Army Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Salvation Army Citadel. ? -1918. Converted to a Sweet factory in 1918 by William ‘Tushy’ Wheatley, son of the confectioner and Crimean War veteran George Wheatley. Wheatley and sons vacated the building by 1948. Demolished by 1960s. Exact location unknown.

Easting:
341

Northing:
499

Grid Reference:
NZ341499

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland