Sunderland, Mowbray Park, wall piers and railings

HER Number:
7223

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Mowbray Park, wall piers and railings

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Park Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Entrance piers, walls and railings at east boundary of park c1856. Low walls are brick with ashlar coping. Square piers are ashlar with pyramidal coping, railings cast-iron with tracery-like pattern with flambeau terminals and finials. Piers flank entrance approx 5m south-east of lodge. Walls and railings extend approximate 100m north from the piers to the former railway cutting. Gothic style. Walls are interrupted by an entrance to the north-east of the lodge with late C20 brick piers. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3996

Northing:
5653

Grid Reference:
NZ39965653

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/22/225; T. Corfe, 1983, The Builkdings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 29