William Street, Wesleyan Chapel

HER Number

3602

District

Sunderland

Site Name

William Street, Wesleyan Chapel

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1850. Opened on 9th November 1837. The building cost £900. In 1856 the minister was John H Faull. There was a day school and Sunday school close to chapel built in 1851 for £300. In 1962 the chapel closed and was demolished. The organ was moved to St. Chad's Church in East Herrington. Site now under A690.

Easting

434270

Northing

550100

Grid Reference

NZ434270550100

Sources

Ordnance Survey first edition, 1850; Paul Lanagan, 2013, Houghton Methodist Churches, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland