Toward Road, balustrade on steps

Toward Road, balustrade on steps

HER Number
4775
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Toward Road, balustrade on steps
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Balustrade
Site Type: Specific
Balustrade
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This wrought-iron Balustrade on steps from Salisbury Street to Toward Road dates to the mid 19th century. Plain stick balustrades and slender-tapered newels, with bases clasped by acanthus foliage and simplified foliage to the capitals, support plain band handrails on the north side of the lower flight and on both sides of the upper 2 flights of steps. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439970
Northing
556540
Grid Reference
NZ439970556540
Sources
<< HER 4775 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/20/226