Laygate, Zion Chapel

HER Number

17682

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Laygate, Zion Chapel

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Methodist New Connexion Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

A ‘Romanesque’ chapel built in 1858 at a cost of £4,000 to seat 700, and last used in the 1930s. Now demolished.

Easting

435970

Northing

566280

Grid Reference

NZ435970566280

Sources

Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside