Sheriff Hill, Blue Quarries Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

HER Number:
17712

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Sheriff Hill, Blue Quarries Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Place:
Sheriff Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In a small quarrying settlement east of Sheriff Hill, a Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1829 and appears to have been closed in 1866; it later became a house. Stone, single storey with round-arched windows.

Easting:
2663

Northing:
6066

Grid Reference:
NZ26636066

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in Gateshead; http://oldtyneside.co.uk/East%20Gateshead/Page%20150/Page%20150.htm