Corstophine Town, Primitive Methodist Chapel

HER Number

17670

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Corstophine Town, Primitive Methodist Chapel

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Primitive Methodist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Built in 1859, a substantial town chapel (NGR NZ 3554 6610) which was sold in 1881 to H.S.Edwards and Co for an extension to their High Dock Premises (HER 2294). Not labelled on OS maps but a comparison of a photograph of c1900 and the 1890s OS 10ft:1 mile town plan allows it to be identified on the west side of the road. The congregation moved to Laygate Lane Church.

Easting

435540

Northing

566100

Grid Reference

NZ435540566100

Sources

Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/places-of-worship/620256