Horatio Street, Sailor's Bethel
Horatio Street, Sailor's Bethel
HER Number
1949
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Horatio Street, Sailor's Bethel
Place
Ouseburn
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Nonconformist Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
A nonconformist chapel dedicated to the resident and visiting sailors, built in 1875 to the design of Thomas Oliver, with a later Sunday School room added in 1900 by Oliver, Leeson and Wood. Of jaunty appearance and recently restored it now acts as offices and accomodation for meetings. It is of brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. I H S is carved in a shield above the double door. Gargoyles flank the window in the apse. There is a sandstone retaining wall to the left side. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
426270
Northing
564190
Grid Reference
NZ426270564190
Sources
<< HER 1949 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 25
Dept. of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 12/316; Public Art in Newcastle: A Guide; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 136; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
Dept. of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 12/316; Public Art in Newcastle: A Guide; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 136; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey