North Shields, Christ Church, piers and walls

HER Number:
7300

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Christ Church, piers and walls

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Barrier

Site Type: Specific:
Wall

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Dwarf walls, two gate piers west, four gate piers to south, and one pier to south-east of Christ Church. Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Sandstone ashlar with chamfered coping from which railings have been removed. Carriage and pedestrian entrances have two tall and two flanking lower piers of rusticated ashlar, with ball finials. Lower pier to south-east terminates churchyard wall. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3535

Northing:
6869

Grid Reference:
NZ35356869

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 11/113