Chapter Row, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

HER Number

17247

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Chapter Row, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Demolished Building

Description

A large chapel with galleries, built in 1808 for £3,800 and several times extended. Last used in the late 19th century and demolished between 1938 and 1955.

Easting

436220

Northing

567150

Grid Reference

NZ436220567150

Sources

Prospect Archaeology, 2015, South Shields Masterplan - Archaeological Assessment; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of South Shields