Roker, Lonsdale Road, Roker Methodist Church

HER Number

12444

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker, Lonsdale Road, Roker Methodist Church

Place

Roker

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Methodist Chapel

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Roker Methodist Church by John Eltringham. Opened in 1905 to seat 239 people. It provides an attractive gateway feature to those entering the Conservation Area from the south west. Gothic design with attractive spire. Glass from Ebenezer Congregational Chapel, Fawcett Street 1851.

Easting

440330

Northing

558780

Grid Reference

NZ440330558780

Sources

City of Sunderland, April 1997, Conservation Areas in the City of Sunderland; Sunderland City Council, February 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; City of Sunderland, 1998, Roker: A walk through the Conservation Area; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland