East Boldon, Front Street, United Reformed Church
East Boldon, Front Street, United Reformed Church
HER Number
8675
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
East Boldon, Front Street, United Reformed Church
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
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
Extant Building
Description
Built in 1876 for £1400 by Frank Caws, architect of the Elephant Tea Rooms in Sunderland's Fawcett Street. The church is Gothic in style. A church hall was added in 1863, used as an infant school until 1885. LOCAL LIST
Easting
436330
Northing
561300
Grid Reference
NZ436330561300
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; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/128/B