Mowbray Park, wall piers and railings
Mowbray Park, wall piers and railings
HER Number
7223
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Mowbray Park, wall piers and railings
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Park Wall
Site Type: Specific
Park Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Entrance piers, walls and railings at east boundary of park c1856. Low walls are brick with ashlar coping. Square piers are ashlar with pyramidal coping, railings cast-iron with tracery-like pattern with flambeau terminals and finials. Piers flank entrance approx 5m south-east of lodge. Walls and railings extend approximate 100m north from the piers to the former railway cutting. Gothic style. Walls are interrupted by an entrance to the north-east of the lodge with late C20 brick piers. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439960
Northing
556530
Grid Reference
NZ439960556530
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/22/225; T. Corfe, 1983, The Builkdings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 29