Villiers Street, Sunday School (institute)
Villiers Street, Sunday School (institute)
HER Number
16556
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Villiers Street, Sunday School (institute)
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School
Site Type: Specific
Sunday School
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
The Sunday School was built in 1849 over the top of the underground burial vaults (HER 16557). In 1869 an infant school was built west of the Sunday School. In 1893 the Sunday School became an institute and an upper floor an staircase were added. The chapel (and presumably the Sunday School) was out of use by 1933. The Sunday School was later used as a car repair and spray shop.
Easting
440060
Northing
557100
Grid Reference
NZ440060557100
Sources
Brown, L, D., and Town, M. 2018. Bethel Chapel Crypt, Villiers Street, Sunderland: Post-excavation Assessment report, North Pennines Archaeology and Bradford University, HER4855