East Boldon, Front Street, methodist church
East Boldon, Front Street, methodist church
HER Number
8673
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
East Boldon, Front Street, methodist church
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Methodist Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
As early as 1793 Methodist meetings were held in private houses in West Boldon. Later the first chapel was built in the area known as The Folly. This fine new church in East Boldon was built in 1889. Two small vestries were added in 1970. In 1915 the building was extended to provide a hall for the use of the Northumberland Fusiliers encamped close by. After the War the new hall became a Sunday School and meeting room. The adjoining Youth Centre was opened in 1964.
Easting
435970
Northing
561360
Grid Reference
NZ435970561360
Sources
S. Reeder, 2000, The Boldons in Old Picture Postcards; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon