Sunderland, High Street West, No. 138, Gibbon's Butcher Shop

HER Number:
11132

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, High Street West, No. 138, Gibbon's Butcher Shop

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Shop

Site Type: Specific:
Butchers Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Building c. 1859; restored 1996. There are two carved dancing female figures (95cm high and 40cm wide) like caryatids on opposite corners of the shop façade. Each is brightly painted with a lilac dress, blonde hair and blue necklace. There are also brightly painted relief heads (10cm square) including a king and a queen.

Easting:
400

Northing:
572

Grid Reference:
NZ400572

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 186