South Shields, Westoe Lane, Catholic Apostolic Church

HER Number:
17690

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Westoe Lane, Catholic Apostolic Church

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Catholic Apostolic Church

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A chapel belonging to this interesting Victorian charismatic group survives at the corner of Westoe Lane (now Road) and Wharton Street; it was last used in the 1950s. It seated 180 people. The present building on the site looks of some age, but has been much altered and does not show any obvious ecclesiastical features. Brick with stone quoins, slate roof. In 2018 the building is occupied by Empire Designer Wear and Karens Hair Studio on the ground floor and Euphorx Beauty & Holistic Clinic on the first floor.

Easting:
3669

Northing:
6657

Grid Reference:
NZ36696657

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside