The Green, Fenwick tomb

The Green, Fenwick tomb

HER Number
8191
District
Gateshead
Site Name
The Green, Fenwick tomb
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Table Tomb
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Table tomb, circa 1795. Sandstone. Table on central scrolled pedestal
and 4 tapered reeded rectangular-section corner columns with paterae on
friezes. Inscriptions on table and slab commemorate Barnabas Fenwick, died
1795, and members of his famil to 1823. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
415120
Northing
564800
Grid Reference
NZ415120564800
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 15/90