Gray Road, Nicholson House Boundary Wall

HER Number:
17811

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Gray Road, Nicholson House Boundary Wall

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Wall

Site Type: Specific:
Boundary Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
A magnesian limestone wall bonded with white lime mortar with an inner brick lining and concrete foundation. The boundary was wall located to the south of Nicholson House along the edge of Gray Road. Nicholson House is shown on the 1855 Ordnance Survey map with a large garden. The southern and eastern boundary walls correspond with the wall facing onto Gray Road and Mowbray Close. The boundary wall may have been heightened in the late 19th century and a section of the southern wall was rebuilt in the mid-to late 20th century.

Easting:
3987

Northing:
5597

Grid Reference:
NZ39875597

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Wessex Archaeology 2019, Sunderland Church High School, Mowbray Road: Archaeological Watching Brief.