Ocean Road, Congregational Church

HER Number:
15749

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Ocean Road, Congregational Church

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Congregational Chapel

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The Congregational Church was built in 1885, costing £7371. Brick and stone, in the Perpendicular style The church had a 90 feet square tower on the east side. It could seat over 800 people. Last used in the 1950s. It was demolished in 1994.

Easting:
436570

Northing:
567350

Grid Reference:
NZ436570567350

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services Durham University, May 2012, Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear - archaeological desk-based assessment; Tyne and Wear Archives, 1884, plans of Ocean Road church and school DT.JHM/92, DT.JHM/92/1 and DT.JHM/92/2; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of South Shields