Houghton-le-Spring, William Street, Wesleyan Chapel

HER Number:
3602

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, William Street, Wesleyan Chapel

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

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:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1850. Opened on 9th November 1837. The building cost £900. In 1856 the minister was John H Faull. There was a day school and Sunday school close to chapel built in 1851 for £300. In 1962 the chapel closed and was demolished. The organ was moved to St. Chad's Church in East Herrington. Site now under A690.

Easting:
3427

Northing:
5010

Grid Reference:
NZ34275010

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey first edition, 1850; Paul Lanagan, 2013, Houghton Methodist Churches, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland