Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Chester Road, Bolam tomb

HER Number:
7124

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Chester Road, Bolam tomb

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Tomb

Site Type: Specific:
Chest Tomb

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Chest tomb with kerbstone. To John Bolam, 1815-1885, and members of his family. Polished red granite. Kerb with trefoil roll moulding and trefoil- gabled angle dwarf piers. Chamfered plinth to chest with triglyph frieze with patera and dentilled cornice. Inscriptions on sides. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3739

Northing:
5610

Grid Reference:
NZ37395610

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/4/37