Catalogue of sites, nos 35-51

35. Hebburn Colliery - United Methodist Free church built in 1877, seating 140 (51).

36. Hill Top - All Saints mission church, built in 1903 for 220 worshippers (52).

37. Houghall Colliery - An iron church and Sunday school erected by public subscription, and opened 17.6.1877. Missioned from St Oswald's, Durham. A curtain separated the nave from the chancel during school hours (53).

38. Lanchester - All Saints Catholic church, served from Esh Laude, was built in 1901, after being removed from Gosforth (54).

39. Lymington - Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1897 (55), of broad rectangular plan, with a N.porch, and projecting S. unit. Missioned from the Bourne chapel at Waterhouses.

40. Meadowfield - Plans for a parish hall were produced by D. Cowieson & Co. of Glasgow in 1909 (56). The building was erected beside St John's church, and is a T-plan, with a hall capable of accommodating 432 adults, a stage with a cloakroom, dressing rooms, and a kitchen; and a N. entrance hall flanked by cloakrooms. The framework is set on a brick footing, and comprises studs at 2' (61cm) centres. The sheeting, at 3" (7.6cm) centre to centre has 2' (61cm) exposed faces and a one corrugation overlap. Changes to the original drawing include the placing of the porch door in the N. wall, and the insertion of windows with nine small square upper lights and two larger vertical rectangular lower lights. Still in use.

41. Murton - Olympia Theatre, seating 750 in 1914 (57).

42. Newfield - Church built in 1901 for 200 worshippers, missioned from Byers Green (58)

43. New Silksworth - Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1878 for 800 worshippers, at a cost of £800 (59).

44. Newton Cap - Chapel of ease of St Andrews Auckland, built in 1891 for 230 worshippers, at a cost of £220. St Paul's was replaced in stone in 1903 (60).

45. Oxhill - In 1894 there were proposals to build mission chapels at Oxhill and East Stanley, in Beamish parish, at a cost of £578 (61). £180 was raised, and application for aid was made to the Diocesan Church Building Society. The conveyance is documented (1890,1893-5) (62), and a series of proposed plans and elevations were produced by William Harbrow in 1894 (63). Both were built, and terriers exist (64). It is thought that the Oxhill building was moved to Grange Villa in West Pelton parish (65).

46. Page Bank - Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built at a cost of £250, and seating 300 (66).

47. Port Clarence - Temporary iron church missioned from Haverton Hill (67). Seating for 120.

48. Preston-on-Tees - A plan was produced by William Harbrow for a classroom and gymnasium in September 1908, linked to All Saints church, Preston-on-Tees (68).

49. Riseburn - The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1872 for 150 worshippers, at a cost of £200 (69) and was still standing in 1914.

50. Roker - A plan was produced in 1897 for an iron church, to be missioned from All Saints, Monkwearmouth (70). The architect was John H. Nicholls, 38 Fawcett St., Sunderland. The proposed building comprised a porch, nave with railed-off sanctuary, back porch, and toilets attached to the external face of the E. wall. The interior was to be heated by two stoves. The church was erected, and its last service was held on 26.7.1936 (71), but the building continued to be served from All Saints, Monkwearmouth, for, in 1951, Bishop Petrie granted a licence to the Rev. Norman Joyce of All Saints to officiate at St. Aidan's (72).

51. Ryton - Addison Miners institute. Roughly T-shaped building with a projecting side porch. A steeple was set on the ridge of the shorter wing. At the gables were barge boards, one being braced by horizontal and vertical members. There was probably a single triangular dormer-like feature in the roof of the main wing. The gable apices are finished off with turned posts. Internally there was a reading room, communal hall, and union lodge room. Destroyed by fire in the 1930s (73).

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