Front Street, church hall

HER Number

9626

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Front Street, church hall

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Meeting Hall

Site Type: Specific

Church Hall

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The church hall was built in 1863 and was used as an infant school until 1885 {1}. It is built in red brick in gothic revival style. The front boundary railings have gone.

Easting

436350

Northing

561290

Grid Reference

NZ436350561290

Sources

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