From Whellans 1894 Directory County Durham is the following:

The Wesleyan Methodist Church is situated in the centre of the main street and is a good stone building of Early English design. It was erected in 1868 at a cost of £1400, and will seat about 320 In 1883 a large Sunday School classroom and vestry were added at a further cost of £400. The whole of the buildings are tastefully fitted.