Gateshead, High Street West, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

HER Number:
17715

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, High Street West, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Place:
Gateshead

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:
Demolished Building

Description:
What latterly became Central Hall on High Street West, this was a large town chapel built in 1861 at a ccost of £4,000 to seat 1200, of stone, with galleries all round. At some later date it received a porch block or forebuilding. It remained in use until the 1950s; the Civic Centre now stands upon its n site.

Easting:
2552

Northing:
6290

Grid Reference:
NZ25526290

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in Gateshead; http://bede-circuit.weebly.com/some-of-our-old-churches.html; http://www.gatesheadhistory.com/chapels-citadels.html