Millfield, Sorley Street/Chester Street West, chapel
Millfield, Sorley Street/Chester Street West, chapel
HER Number
13639
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Millfield, Sorley Street/Chester Street West, chapel
Place
Millfield
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Congregational Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Sorley Street, Congregational Church (now St Bede’s United Reformed Church). 1890-1891 by John Eltringham .Gothic with narrow spire, and tall spirelet. Spacious interior with arcades. Impressive oak pulpit, formerly in a central position. Brick hall top rear. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map of circa 1898.
Easting
438210
Northing
556660
Grid Reference
NZ438210556660
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1898; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Corfe, T and Milburn, G. Buildings and Beliefs. An Architectural Guide to Places of Worship in the Borough of Sunderland. Wearside Historic Churches Group 1984