Mowbray Park, Footbridge

HER Number

4776

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Mowbray Park, Footbridge

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Pedestrian Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Footbridge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

This footbridge over a railway cutting, dating from 1866, has cast-iron piers with wrought-iron ties support a girder deck with balustrades. It was built over a railway cutting to link the public Mowbray Park opened in 1857 with its northern extension, added in 1866. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

439864

Northing

556555

Grid Reference

NZ439864556555

Sources

<< HER 4776 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/20/148