Entrance Gates, Piers and Front Railings to Sunderland Cemetery
ENTRANCE GATES, PIERS AND FRONT RAILINGS TO SUNDERLAND CEMETERY, RYHOPE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217820
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Entrance Gates, Piers and Front Railings to Sunderland Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- ENTRANCE GATES, PIERS AND FRONT RAILINGS TO SUNDERLAND CEMETERY, RYHOPE ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-10-13
- Reference:
- IOE01/01201/17
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217820
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Entrance Gates, Piers and Front Railings to Sunderland Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- ENTRANCE GATES, PIERS AND FRONT RAILINGS TO SUNDERLAND CEMETERY, RYHOPE ROAD
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.
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:
- ENTRANCE GATES, PIERS AND FRONT RAILINGS TO SUNDERLAND CEMETERY, RYHOPE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sunderland (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 40833 54454
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ45SW RYHOPE ROAD 920-1/7/193 (West side) Entrance gates, piers and front railings to Sunderland Cemetery
GV II
Walls, gate piers, railings and gates to municipal cemetery. c1858. Snecked limestone walls with ashlar coping; ashlar piers; wrought-iron gates and railings. Railings on chamfered ashlar coping to walls along the street front of the cemetery, with quadrant section flanking entrance defined by piers; tall chamfered square piers to vehicle and pedestrian entrances have stepped plinths and moulded cornices with high hipped overlapping stone coping; blank shields set in panels on front of piers. Railings have cusped diagonal bracing between and trefoil leaves springing from uprights above bracing and as finials on uprights. Vehicle and pedestrian gates in similar style have low bracing and trefoil leaves to form dog bars.
Listing NGR: NZ4083354454
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391576
- 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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