Killingworth, West Lane, gate piers, gates, walls, railings

HER Number:
7261

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, West Lane, gate piers, gates, walls, railings

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Gate Pier

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Gate piers, gates, overthrow, walls and railings. 1869, possibly by E. Bassett Keeling. Piers and walls - snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings. Tall square piers with plinths, with crescents (emblem of Dukes of Northumberland) carved on each side. Walls have chamfered coping. Gates - bands of cast iron geometric tracery on spike-headed wrought iron standards and dog bars. Railings have spiked standards and triple spear-headed principals. Included for group value with the church. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2794

Northing:
7099

Grid Reference:
NZ27947099

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/14