Tyne and Wear HER(8330): Ryton, Barmoor Lane, fountain in wall - Details
8330
Gateshead
Ryton, Barmoor Lane, fountain in wall
Ryton
NZ16SW
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Supply Site
Fountain
Medieval
C14-C19
Structure
C14 canopy re-used in late C19 to form fountain. Sandstone headstops to
crocketed canopy on stone lintel; shouldered head to 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
1497
6462
NZ14976462
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/80; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44