Church of St John the Evangelist
Church of St John the Evangelist
HER Number
4423
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Church of St John the Evangelist
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Church
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This church was built in 1764-69 on land known as Lee's Close. The promoter of the church, John Thornhill also designed it, and was later buried there. The church was brick-built in a similar style to Holy Trinity (HER ref. 4421) of which it was a daughter chapel until it acquired parish status in 1875. When the barracks were built close by, it became the garrison church. It was demolished in 1972 and its organ is in Sunderland Museum.
Easting
440830
Northing
557520
Grid Reference
NZ440830557520
Sources
<< HER 4423 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 35
N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 450
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 35
N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 450