Newcastle, City Road, Keelman's Hospital, clock and sundial

HER Number:
12218

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, City Road, Keelman's Hospital, clock and sundial

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Measurement

Site Type: Broad:
Time Measuring Instrument

Site Type: Specific:
Clock

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The hospital has a vertical wall sundial built in 1701. The clock and turret were added to the building in 1772.

Easting:
255

Northing:
641

Grid Reference:
NZ255641

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Thomas Yellowley, 2006, Newcastle timepieces in Tyneside's Finest, 2006, p 189; Brenda Whitelock, 1992, Timepieces of Newcastle, pp 56-57