Gateshead, Saltwell Park, Belvedere walls, turrets, stairs

HER Number:
8325

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Saltwell Park, Belvedere walls, turrets, stairs

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Building

Site Type: Specific:
Belvedere

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Early 1870's built as part of the landscaping to Saltwell Park Mansion for William Wailes, the stained glass manufacturer. Two levels of rusticated stone walls with plinths and copings and octagonal corner towers with battlements U- and L-shaped on plan and enclosing a small upper and larger lower belvedere. Associated flights of stairs. These buildings form appropriate southern and western approaches to the mansion. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2538

Northing:
6092

Grid Reference:
NZ25386092

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/80