Park Road Methodist Church

HER Number

4808

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Park Road Methodist Church

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Methodist New Connexion Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Methodist New Connexion Church (now Bethshan Church), with school, walls and gates attached. 1887-1997. By J Eltringham (congregation from Zion Chapel). For New Connextion. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings, terracotta ridge, and stone spire. Aisled nave with transepts and SW tower. Gothic 13th century style. Gallery with cast iron pillars. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

439780

Northing

556280

Grid Reference

NZ439780556280

Sources

<< HER 4808 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/22/168; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland