Sidecliffe Road, Roker United Reformed Church

HER Number

16935

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sidecliffe Road, Roker United Reformed Church

Place

Roker

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

United Reformed Church

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Roker United Reformed Church, Presbyterian (St Stephen’s). 1910 by Cackett and Burns Dick. Constructed in plain brick with light Art-Nouveau interior, broad nave, clerestory and three-bay arcades with decorative moulding. Communion area in Reformed arrangement with seats for elders. Intended as church hall. The garden with open arcade was the intended church site.

Easting

439970

Northing

559240

Grid Reference

NZ439970559240

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Third Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, c.1919