Felling, Sunderland Road, Primitive Methodist Chapel

HER Number:
17726

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, Sunderland Road, Primitive Methodist Chapel

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Primitive Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Following a mission being opened in 1874, this community was originally based on a room in Somerset Street. A schoolroom was built in 1878, followed by the church in 1885, at a cost of £2,200; it was a gable-fronted edifice in the Gothic style, of brick with stone dressings which seated 540. It closed in 1975 and has been demolished.

Easting:
2650

Northing:
6243

Grid Reference:
NZ26506243

Lats/Lons:

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