Whitley Bay Oxford Street Primitive Methodist Church

This building was erected in 1904

Picture from the 1912 Primitive Methodist Magazine in an article about W.M. Patterson, who attended the church in his retirement.

In 1899 an iron chapel was erected here. The present building was built in 1904. It is built of red brick with an ashlar dressing. It is of the perpendicular style with a corner tower and spire. It seated 300 people. It is situated on the corner of Oxford Street and North Parade and surrounded by housing.

Exact date of closure is unknown but probably around the year 2000. Since 2006 it has been the ‘de Paul Youth Resource Centre’. The interior has been completely changed and a mezzanine floor put in to make offices.

Photos taken May 2016

OS Map Ref:88NZ3561722