Clarence Street, Shieldfield Methodist Church
Clarence Street, Shieldfield Methodist Church
HER Number
14728
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Clarence Street, Shieldfield Methodist Church
Place
Shieldfield
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Wesleyan Methodist Church. The Sunday School was built in 1863, the church 1868. In use until 1968. From 1902 when a new hall was ended, the church was known as East End Mission. A large Gothic Building, with a gabled front flanked by stair turrets to the galleries. Seated 500. Demolished in 1969.
Easting
425750
Northing
564730
Grid Reference
NZ425750564730
Sources
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey