Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, lamp standard, dwarf piers

HER Number:
7229

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, lamp standard, dwarf piers

Place:
Silksworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Lamp Post

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Lamp standard, dwarf piers and chains to Forecourt of Doxford House forebuilding. C1900. Stone piers, cast-iron lamp standard and wrought-iron chains enclose a semicircular plot opposite the forebuilding. Bulbous rusticated base supports elaborately moulded lamp standard with large lantern, pyramidal top and spike finial. Tapered square piers with prominent cornices have iron ball finials through which chained with large spikes are slotted. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3754

Northing:
5279

Grid Reference:
NZ37545279

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/6/274