Melbourne Street, Presbyterian Chapel
Melbourne Street, Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
7871
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Melbourne Street, Presbyterian Chapel
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
At the top of Melbourne Street (now junction of Ellison Street and West Street). Originally built by a congregation of Independents in 1836, the chapel was transferred to the Presbyterians. In 1895 it became Robert Kelly & Co. printing establishment.
Easting
425500
Northing
563300
Grid Reference
NZ425500563300
Sources
D. Lumley, 1932, The Story of Gateshead Town - From the earliest age to the mid Victorian, p 128; I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, pp 33-34; CgMs Consulting, 2010, Tesco Store and Trinity Square, Ellison St, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment