South Shields, Stanhope Road, bandstand in West Park

HER Number:
8122

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Stanhope Road, bandstand in West Park

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Bandstand

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Circa 1894. Designed and made by James Allanson & Sons of Glasgow. Octagonal bandstand with slender cast iron columns supporting an octagonal ogee shaped dome. Interesting internal structure for the dome. Dome now covered with modern felt. Nice tall spikey weather vane. Decorative cast iron brackets. Decorative cast iron balustrade between the columns at floor level. Nice example of its genre. Now becoming rare. West Park was opened in 1894 in part of what was Brinkburn Dane. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3637

Northing:
6516

Grid Reference:
NZ36376516

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 12/67; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project