Stanhope Road, bandstand in West Park
Stanhope Road, bandstand in West Park
HER Number
8122
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Stanhope Road, bandstand in West Park
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Bandstand
Site Type: Specific
Bandstand
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Circa 1894. Designed and made by James Allanson & Sons of Glasgow.
Octagonal bandstand with slender cast iron columns supporting an octagonal ogee
shaped dome. Interesting internal structure for the dome. Dome now covered with
modern felt. Nice tall spikey weather vane.
Decorative cast iron brackets.
Decorative cast iron balustrade between the columns at floor level.
Nice example of its genre. Now becoming rare.
West Park was opened in 1894 in part of what was Brinkburn Dane. LISTED GRADE 2
Octagonal bandstand with slender cast iron columns supporting an octagonal ogee
shaped dome. Interesting internal structure for the dome. Dome now covered with
modern felt. Nice tall spikey weather vane.
Decorative cast iron brackets.
Decorative cast iron balustrade between the columns at floor level.
Nice example of its genre. Now becoming rare.
West Park was opened in 1894 in part of what was Brinkburn Dane. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
436370
Northing
565160
Grid Reference
NZ436370565160
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 12/67; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project