Sailors Bethel is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Nonconformist chapel. 4 related planning applications.
Sailors Bethel
- WRENN ID
- sunken-corner-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Nonconformist chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sailors Bethel is a former seamen's nonconformist chapel built in 1875 by Thomas Oliver, with a Sunday School room added in 1900 by Oliver, Leeson, and Wood. The building features a sandstone ashlar retaining wall on the left and is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings. It has a roof made of small, thick dark slates and a lead-covered flèche. The structure is situated on a steep slope, with the main elevation facing Horatio Street having two storeys, while the rear side facing City Road is one storey.
The façade consists of three left bays and a three-bay chapel on the right. The entrance bay, located under a gable, has a square-headed double door with nook shafts and the letters "HIS" carved in a shield above it, along with a quatrefoil light. The two left bays under the gable feature tall sash windows with trefoiled heads above the retaining wall. Above the door is a stone mullioned-and-transomed window. The chapel has cusped lancets and a tall two-light east window in a three-sided apse, complete with a head-stopped drip-mould and flanked by gargoyles under the gable. The chapel's steeply-pitched hipped roof culminates in a tall round central flèche on the belfry, making it a prominent landmark above the Quayside.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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