Tomb of Nicholas Wood, 32 Metres to South of Church of St Nicholas
TOMB OF NICHOLAS WOOD, 32 METRES TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1025438
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Nicholas Wood, 32 Metres to South of Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF NICHOLAS WOOD, 32 METRES TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, FRONT STREET
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1025438
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Nicholas Wood, 32 Metres to South of Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOMB OF NICHOLAS WOOD, 32 METRES TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, FRONT STREET
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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF NICHOLAS WOOD, 32 METRES TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sunderland (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Hetton
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 35343 47331
Details
NZ 34NE HETTON FRONT STREET (east side) Hetton-le-Hole
8/6 Tomb of Nicholas Wood, 32 metres to south of Church of St. Nicholas.
G.V. II
Tomb, c.1855. Sandstone, Gothic style altar tomb. 3 cusped-arched panels by one, flanked by coped buttresses supporting frieze, with simple flower decoration, and cornice. Inscriptions 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARIA FOSTER, WIFE OF NICHOLAS WOOD ESQ. OF HETTON-LE-HOLE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 24, 1855 AGED 56 YEARS' 'ALSO OF THE ABOVE NICHOLAS WOOD F.R.S. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 1865 AGED 70 YEARS'. Historical note : Nicholas Wood was engineer to the Hetton Coal Company, at whose Minor Pit in 1820 was sunk the first shaft to reach the coal beneath the limestone of Durham. With George Stephenson he designed the Hetton railway, opened in 1822, to transport the coal to the Wear; in 1825 his A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Interior Communications in General was published.
Listing NGR: NZ3534347331
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 303162
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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