Ocean Road, Congregational Church

HER Number

15749

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Ocean Road, Congregational Church

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Congregational Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The Congregational Church was built in 1885, costing £7371. Brick and stone, in the Perpendicular style The church had a 90 feet square tower on the east side. It could seat over 800 people. Last used in the 1950s. It was demolished in 1994.

Easting

436570

Northing

567350

Grid Reference

NZ436570567350

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, May 2012, Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear - archaeological desk-based assessment; Tyne and Wear Archives, 1884, plans of Ocean Road church and school DT.JHM/92, DT.JHM/92/1 and DT.JHM/92/2; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of South Shields