Shiney Row, Chester Road, United Methodist Free Church

HER Number

16892

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Shiney Row, Chester Road, United Methodist Free Church

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

United Methodist Free Church (Trinity Methodist Church). Built 1805 as Wesleyan, rebuilt 1831. In 1956 the Trustees agreed to amalgamate with Station Road Methodist Church to form the Shiney Row Methodist Church. Parts of the building were demolished and rebuilt as Trinity Methodist Church, which opened on June 24th 1972; old photograph shows that present old roughcast building was probably church hall.

Easting

432340

Northing

552530

Grid Reference

NZ432340552530

Sources

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