Sans Street Methodist Chapel

HER Number

4428

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sans Street Methodist Chapel

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1790 a Wesleyan Chapel was built at the foot of Sans Street. It was enlarged in 1809 and 1824 with east and west wings as dwelling houses for preachers. Seated 3000. Congregation moved to Ashbrooke Road 1888, then became city centre mission. It was altered and refronted in 1903 and closed in 1963 when the congregation moved to Park Road.

Easting

440180

Northing

557080

Grid Reference

NZ440180557080

Sources

<< HER 4428 >> Mackenzie & Ross, 1834, Historical...View of the County Palatinate of Durham; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland