Stockton Road United Reformed Church

St George's Church
St George's with Trinity and St James
St George's Church
  St George's Church shown within Tyne and Wear
54°54′00″N 1°23′06″W / 54.900°N 1.385°W / 54.900; -1.385Coordinates: 54°54′00″N 1°23′06″W / 54.900°N 1.385°W / 54.900; -1.385
OS grid reference NZ395562
Location Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Country England
Denomination United Reformed Church
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) John Bennie Wilson
Administration
Diocese Durham

Stockton Road United Reformed Church (formerly St George's with Trinity and St James Church (abbreviated to St George's)) is a United Reformed church in the Ashbrooke area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

Originally a Presbyterian church, it was constructed by John Bennie Wilson of Glasgow in 1888-90, to replace a former chapel on Villiers Street. Much of the funding was provided by a local shipowner, (later Sir) Robert Appleby Bartram, who laid the foundation stone on 7 February 1889. The church was constructed of red sandstone from Dumfries and modelled upon Crescent Church, Belfast.[1][2]

In 2007 the congregation merged with the former West Park United Reformed Church, and from 2014 chose to use the St. George's building and sell the West Park building.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Listed Buildings - Number:920-1/22/17". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  2. ↑ "St George's with Trinity & St James". United Reformed Church Northern Synod. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. ↑ Newspaper article about last service at West Park URC


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