Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings

HER Number:
7129

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, south gates, piers and railings

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Barrier

Site Type: Specific:
Railings

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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

Easting:
3732

Northing:
5602

Grid Reference:
NZ37325602

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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