Tyne and Wear HER(7129): Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings - Details
7129
Sunderland
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings
Bishopwearmouth
NZ35NE
Monument
Barrier
Railings
Early Modern
C19
Structure
South entrance and boundary railings to Bishopwearmouth Cemetery. 1856. By Thomas Moore. Entrance piers and gates flanked by railings extending c200m to west and east along Chester Road. Painted cast-iron piers and railings, ashlar piers. Brick dwarf walls with ashlar coping. Perpendicular style. Open octagonal cast-iron gate piers with brattished decoration with bud finials. Serpentine walls. LISTED GRADE 2
3732
5602
NZ37325602
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/4/30; GE Milburn and ST Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town and People, p 157
T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 15