Mautland Street, Gospel Hall
Mautland Street, Gospel Hall
HER Number
15959
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Mautland Street, Gospel Hall
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Nonconformist Meeting House
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Around 1907 two rooms above Frank Jones' chemist shop on Newbottle Street were used for Evangelical services. By 1912 the Houghton-le-Spring Evangelical Assembly hired a hall in Pottery Yard. Later they had this Gospel Hall on Mautland Street on the corner of George Street. Single storey (?rendered) with a pitched tiled roof. Gothic arched door in gable end. A second door in the east elevation along with four Gothic arched windows.
Easting
434200
Northing
550130
Grid Reference
NZ434200550130
Sources
Paul Lanagan, Photo Focus, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk