Newcastle, Clavering Place, Presbyterian Chapel

HER Number:
7687

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Clavering Place, Presbyterian Chapel

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Presbyterian Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Chapel, later offices for BEMCO. 1822 by John Green for United Secession Church. English bond brick with ashlar dressings; felt covered roof. Basement and 3 storeys. Gothic revival style. 2-storey arched recesses with impost string. Central inserted loading door under intersecting traceried top light in stone arch. Tudor arch in brick to half-glazed office entrance between first and second bays. Stone Tudor arches to all windows. Cornice and blocking course. Low-pitched hipped roof has central ridge ventilator. Demolished in 2011 after damage from heavy snow.

Easting:
2489

Northing:
6380

Grid Reference:
NZ24896380

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice, 2003; Thomas Oliver, 1844, Historical and Descriptive Reference to the Public Buildings on the Plan of the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 20, 108; Henty Louw, pers comment, 9 Feb 2011; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey