West Lane, gate piers, gates, walls, railings
West Lane, gate piers, gates, walls, railings
HER Number
7261
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
West Lane, gate piers, gates, walls, railings
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Gate piers, gates, overthrow, walls and railings. 1869, possibly by E. Bassett Keeling. Piers and walls - snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings. Tall square piers with plinths, with crescents (emblem of Dukes of Northumberland) carved on each side. Walls have chamfered coping. Gates - bands of cast iron geometric tracery on spike-headed wrought iron standards and dog bars. Railings have spiked standards and triple spear-headed principals. Included for group value with the church. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
427940
Northing
570990
Grid Reference
NZ427940570990
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/14