New Silksworth, Seaham Street, Primitive Methodist Chapel
New Silksworth, Seaham Street, Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
8390
District
Sunderland
Site Name
New Silksworth, Seaham Street, Primitive Methodist Chapel
Place
New Silksworth
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1878 for 800 worshippers at a cost of £800. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1898. Last shown on 1960s plans.
Easting
438220
Northing
553450
Grid Reference
NZ438220553450
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition, 1898; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Norman Emery, 1990, Corrugated Iron Public Buildings in County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1990, page 70; Whellan, F, 1894, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p 847