South Shields, Frederick Street, Presbyterian Church

HER Number:
4491

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Frederick Street, Presbyterian Church

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Presbyterian Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A church at the junction of Frederick Street and Laygate was built in 1849, in stone in the Early English style, to the design of John Dobson. It cost £2,000 and seated 600; last used in the early 20th century, it was demolished in 1977.

Easting:
3611

Northing:
6620

Grid Reference:
NZ36116620

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4491 >> N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 416; Peter Ryder, 2017. the nonconformist chapels of South Shields; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/places-of-worship?ipage=3