Harton Cemetery, entrance gates

HER Number:
8136

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Harton Cemetery, entrance gates

Place:
Harton

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Gate

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1888-91. Henry Grieves Architect. Built for the South Shields and Westoe Burial Board. Triple arched, gothic gateway, having a tall, grand central carriage entrance, flanked on either side by a low footway. Supressed painted arches, supporting gables. The central gable has a quatrefoil roundel in its apex, below this are 2 shields inscribed AD 1889. The piers of the arches are buttressed on their east and west faces. All the wrought-iron gates in-situ. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3738

Northing:
6558

Grid Reference:
NZ37386558

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 11/17