Roker, iron church

HER Number

13274

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Roker, iron church

Place

Roker

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Church

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

In 1897 an iron church was planned by All Saints, Monkwearmouth. The architect was John H. Nicholls of 38 Fawcett Street, Sunderland. The proposed church had a porch, a nave with a railed-off sanctuary, a back porch and toilets. The church was heated by two stoves. The last service was on 26 July 1936.

Easting

440000

Northing

559000

Grid Reference

NZ440000559000

Sources

Norman Emery, 1990, Corrugated Iron Public Buildings in County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1990, page 70; Durham Record Office EP/MO.AS/113, EP/MO.AS/112