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″N1°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	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 which was too small for the congregation. ^[1] 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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4]

References

1. "CHURCH OF ST GEORGE WITH TRININTY AND ST JAMES WITH HALL, WALLS AND GATES, non Civil Parish - 1279916 | Historic England".
2. "Listed Buildings - Number:920-1/22/17". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 3 January 2009.^{[ dead link ]}
3. "St George's with Trinity & St James". United Reformed Church Northern Synod. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
4. Newspaper article about last service at West Park URC