Clockwell Street, The Gem

HER Number

13552

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Clockwell Street, The Gem

Place

Southwick

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Chapel

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

This cinema opened in July 1913 and was a converted chapel able to seat c. 300. It was Sunderlands smallest cinema and was owned by James Noble, a fairground attraction owner. After his death in 1924 the cinema closed; it later became the premises for the National Assistance Board (later Social Security) now demolished.

Easting

438160

Northing

558330

Grid Reference

NZ438160558330

Sources

Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland