Front Street, Methodist Church
Front Street, Methodist Church
HER Number
              12139
          District
              N Tyneside
          Site Name
              Front Street, Methodist Church
          Place
              Monkseaton
          Map Sheet
              NZ37SW
          Class
              Religious Ritual and Funerary
          Site Type: Broad
              Place of Worship
          Site Type: Specific
              Methodist Chapel
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Victorian 1837 to 1901
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              This was once Village Farm's (HER 12132) turnip house. It was converted into an Anglian Chapel in 1899. The Wesleyans used it from 1913 {1}. The building was purchased in 1899 by a Colonel T.W. Elliott who converted it into a Anglican church. The Wesleyans moved here from Chapel Lane (HER 5870) in 1913. The two cannons which stood outside were from Scarborough Castle. In 1942 they were removed to be melted down for materials during the Second World War. For many years the chapel was known as 'The Gun Chapel'.
          Easting
              434420
          Northing
              571950
          Grid Reference
              NZ434420571950
    Sources
              North Tyneside Council Development Directorate, August 2006, Monkseaton Conservation Area Character Appraisal Draft; Charles W. Steel, 2000, Images of England - Monkseaton and Hillheads; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside