Ryton, Barmoor Lane, fountain

HER Number:
8189

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, Barmoor Lane, fountain

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Fountain

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
C14 canopy re-used in late C19 to form fountain. Sandstone. Eroded headstops to crocketed canopy over lintel to square recess formerly containing fountain. Pevsner - unusual drinking fountain, the cover a re-used medieval crocketed canopy, possibly from old Durham Market House (cf. masonry at nearby Thorpe House). LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
1500

Northing:
6466

Grid Reference:
NZ15006466

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 15/81; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44