Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings
HER Number
7129
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Railings
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
South entrance and boundary railings to Bishopwearmouth Cemetery. 1856. By Thomas Moore. Entrance piers and gates flanked by railings extending c200m to west and east along Chester Road. Painted cast-iron piers and railings, ashlar piers. Brick dwarf walls with ashlar coping. Perpendicular style. Open octagonal cast-iron gate piers with brattished decoration with bud finials. Serpentine walls. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
437320
Northing
556020
Grid Reference
NZ437320556020
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/4/30; GE Milburn and ST Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town and People, p 157
T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 15
T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 15