Durham Road, Whinney House Hospital, fountain
Durham Road, Whinney House Hospital, fountain
HER Number
8285
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Durham Road, Whinney House Hospital, fountain
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Supply Site
Site Type: Specific
Fountain
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Later C19 stone fountain in keeping with style of house. Octagonal basin whose
dwarf walls have krater-shaped urns on plinths at each angle. In centre, a moulded
octagonal plinth with small angles seated at four of the angles. Above a quadrooned
moulding rises a taller central plinth water-carrier. LISTED GRADE 2
dwarf walls have krater-shaped urns on plinths at each angle. In centre, a moulded
octagonal plinth with small angles seated at four of the angles. Above a quadrooned
moulding rises a taller central plinth water-carrier. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425530
Northing
560430
Grid Reference
NZ425530560430
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/75; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44; Gateshead Council Local List X20/LLG/06; TWAS L/PA/1547 Landscape History: Whinney house, Low Fell, Gateshead, Paul Case, Gwyn Williams & Brendan Ferguson; A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, Fiona Green (1995);