Laygate Lane, Baptist Tabernacle

HER Number

17658

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Laygate Lane, Baptist Tabernacle

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Baptist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The former Baptist Tabernacle in Laygate Lane was built in 1871 at a cost of £2000; it was in brick, in the ‘Italian; style, and seated 750. Last used in the 1950s, it has been demolished.

Easting

436290

Northing

566130

Grid Reference

NZ436290566130

Sources

Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside