Shiney Row, Penshaw Place, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

HER Number

16603

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Shiney Row, Penshaw Place, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Place

Shiney Row

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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 Chapel erected in 1852 at a cost of £320 bequethed by the Allen family. It was designed in early English style. He also says that the village has a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Association. The Archaeological Practice suggest this is the WM chapel. Demolished 1970s.

Easting

432510

Northing

552780

Grid Reference

NZ432510552780

Sources

Ordnance Survey second edition, 1898; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham