Durham Road, Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Durham Road, Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
HER Number
8258
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Durham Road, Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Place
Low Fell
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1882 snecked tooled sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. Symmetrical west front has
tall central gabled bay and flanking smaller bays with octagonal attics above eaves
which are broken by lancets under trefoils. Pointed, banded roofs. Central recess
has rose window over three lancets; and flanking single lancets. Three tiny stepped
lancets in gable peak. Two pointed arched doorways. A pleasing and individual
adaptation of early Gothic. LISTED GRADE 2
tall central gabled bay and flanking smaller bays with octagonal attics above eaves
which are broken by lancets under trefoils. Pointed, banded roofs. Central recess
has rose window over three lancets; and flanking single lancets. Three tiny stepped
lancets in gable peak. Two pointed arched doorways. A pleasing and individual
adaptation of early Gothic. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
2581
Northing
6007
Grid Reference
NZ25816007
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/70; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of Gateshead