Howard Street, Scotch Church (Salvation Army)

Howard Street, Scotch Church (Salvation Army)

HER Number
4570
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Howard Street, Scotch Church (Salvation Army)
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Scotch Church in Howard Street was constructed in 1811. Shown on Woods 1827 map. Designed by John Dobson in the Greek revival style. Described by Faulkner and Greg as "rather crude" and a "severe neoclassical building". The building had a three bay faƧade with Doric pilasters. Greek temple effect, with steps up to the front. The church had no pediment, its entablature was surmounted by a tall attic storey. The mouldings above the windows on ground floor were supported by brackets embellished with a "curious motif of animal skulls" (bull's heads). Later became Salvation Army Citadel. The Scotch Church movement was established in 1759 by the Rev. Joseph Wilkinson. By deed the Minister had to be a licentiate of the Church of Scotland. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435620
Northing
568400
Grid Reference
NZ435620568400
Sources
<< HER 4570 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89
W.S. Garson, 1926, The Origin of North Shields, p 11; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, p 13; Department of National Heritage, A List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 14/83; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 527; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside