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Baptist Chapel, Tuthill Stairs


In c.1720, a Baptist congregation began meeting in an Elizabethan timber framed house by the top of Tuthill Stairs in Newcastle. The house was owned by the Chapman family. A chapel was later built in the orchard of this Elizabethan mansion. The foundation stone of the new chapel was laid on the 17th of July 1797 and it opened on the 19th of February 1798.[1] In 1831 the Baptist chapel could accomodate 426 people. The chapel was demolished in the late 19th century.

1829 Jan 1. The congregation assembling at the Tuthill stairs chapel, Newcastle, presented three valuable pieces of plate to their pastor, the Rev Richard Pengilly, as a token of their respect and esteem on his completion of twenty one years ministry in that place.

From: J. Sykes. Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed..., published 1833.
Tuthill Stairs Demolished
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Tyne and Wear HER(6685): Tuthill Stairs, Baptist Chapel
- From 1720 until the late C19, the Baptist Church met in two buildings on Tuthill Stairs. Firstly in an Elizabethan timber framed 3 storey house. The house was owned by …
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Tyne & Wear HER: 6685
Borough: Newcastle

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