Sunderland, Mowbray Park, Terrace wall and statues

HER Number:
4765

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Mowbray Park, Terrace wall and statues

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Barrier

Site Type: Specific:
Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Parapet wall to terrace at rear of library and museum (qv), with statues on some piers, at N end of extension to Mowbray Park. 1866. Ashlar wall and stone statues. Low coped wall has plinth and pattern of pierced linked circles between rectangular piers. Figures of recumbernt lions on piers at each end and flanking central pier. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3979

Northing:
5674

Grid Reference:
NZ39795674

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4765 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/20/145