Christadelphian Hall

Christadelphian Hall is a non-conformist chapel built in 1873 by Thomas Southrow of South Shields. The building features a combination of ashlar and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, topped by a slate roof with coped gables and kneelers, along with a single gable stack. It has red ashlar cill bands and ground floor lintel bands, as well as moulded eaves. The hall is two stories high.

The front facing Ely Street has three bays and includes a projecting single storey porch. The central section is pedimented and features two round-headed doorways with moulded hoods. On either side, there are square corner piers with pairs of upper pilasters that have an unusual facing and a pulvinated frieze, each topped by a squat obelisk. Set back on either side are pairs of round-headed windows with concave surrounds. Above the central bay, a round arch rises into a large pediment, which contains three round-headed plain sash windows, with the central one being broader. There are panels below and above a circular panel, and single pilasters support the arch. Beyond this, there are single and round-headed plain sashes with moulded hoods and imposts.

The east front has five bays, featuring five tall round-headed arches with moulded hoods and a continuous moulded impost band. Below, there are five sunken plain sashes, and above, five sunken round-headed tall plain sashes, with sunken panels beneath the windows.

Inside, the hall includes a round-ended gallery supported on iron columns with foliate capitals. The gallery has a panelled front with a short baluster balustrade. There are contemporary pews, a combined reading desk, pulpit, and organ with flanking side screens. The coved plaster ceiling is supported on moulded plaster brackets, although it is now hidden above a 20th-century false ceiling.