Bar Moor, Sunday school

HER Number

6404

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bar Moor, Sunday school

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

Sunday School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Built in 1870. The roof was raised between 1905-1909. More recently a ceiling was installed part way up the clerestory walls to reduce the height of the central part of the hall. There is a small hall offshoot to the main school built in 1886 (extended in 1907) The Sunday School cost £200 and was extended for £700 in 1878.Recorded in 2010 ahead of conversion.

Easting

414420

Northing

564130

Grid Reference

NZ414420564130

Sources

2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Gradon Architecture, 2010, United Reformed Church and Hall Ryton, Gateshead - Archaeological Buildings Recording