The area in which it stands, Weardale, has a long history of Primitive Methodism, having been the site of a camp meeting in 1823.

The present chapel, built in 1871, was designed by George Race junior and a Mr Atkinson.

At the east end is an entrance lobby with two flights of stairs leading up to the gallery, which runs round all sides of the chapel.

The gallery is carried on slim cast iron Corinthian columns that rise upwards to form an arcade above.

The ceiling contains coving with large panels; it is decorated with stucco leaves, cornices and roundels around the ventilators.