Longbenton, Front Street, St Bartholomew's School, wall

HER Number:
16445

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Front Street, St Bartholomew's School, wall

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Wall

Site Type: Specific:
Boundary Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This sandstone wall built as part of the original Longbenton National School in 1871. It was extended in 1889. The stretch of wall in front of the school (eastern end) has stone coping and gate piers to a pedestrian gate. The next stretch is lower and spaced between seven piers that support metal railings. The westernmost stretch of wall is tall again like the other end, with a pair of piers marking the location of another pedestrian gate. There is a vehicle gate at the very end at a 45 degree angle to the road. The wall turns at this point and runs to the back of the school plot to meet another stone wall.

Easting:
2747

Northing:
6852

Grid Reference:
NZ27476852

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Photo in WG Elliott, The Parish and Church of St Bartholomew, Long Benton – a Social History; Personal comment, John W Matthews of Northumberland and Newcastle Society, 22 July 2014; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, St. Bartholomew's School, Benton - Archaeological Assessment