70 Front Street, walls and gate piers
70 Front Street, walls and gate piers
HER Number
8031
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
70 Front Street, walls and gate piers
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Wall and 2 tall stone piers, late C18. Sandstone ashlar, having plinth, over-
hanging cornice, and ball finial. Long wall attached to west and short to east;
tall; roughly squared coursed sandstone. LISTED GRADE 2
hanging cornice, and ball finial. Long wall attached to west and short to east;
tall; roughly squared coursed sandstone. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
436270
Northing
561340
Grid Reference
NZ436270561340
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/26; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project