Queen Street, United Methodist Free Church

HER Number

17687

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Queen Street, United Methodist Free Church

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

United Methodist Free Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Built in 1861 at a cost of £520, and seating 700, this chapel stood on the site of the former Salem Baptist Chapel (HER 17656). By the 1950s it labelled ‘Hall’ on the OS map. In the 1970s it was being used by Blundells clothing firm as a warehouse. It has since been demolished.

Easting

436260

Northing

567280

Grid Reference

NZ436260567280

Sources

Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/factories-and-warehouses/625354