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

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

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

437390

Northing

556100

Grid Reference

NZ437390556100

Sources

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