Frederick Street, Presbyterian Church
Frederick Street, Presbyterian Church
HER Number
4491
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Frederick Street, Presbyterian Church
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
A church at the junction of Frederick Street and Laygate was built in 1849, in stone in the Early English style, to the design of John Dobson. It cost £2,000 and seated 600; last used in the early 20th century, it was demolished in 1977.
Easting
436110
Northing
566200
Grid Reference
NZ436110566200
Sources
<< HER 4491 >> N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 416; Peter Ryder, 2017. the nonconformist chapels of South Shields; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/places-of-worship?ipage=3