Keelmen's Hospital, clock and sundial
Keelmen's Hospital, clock and sundial
HER Number
12218
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Keelmen's Hospital, clock and sundial
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Garden Ornament
Site Type: Specific
Sundial
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
The hospital has a vertical wall sundial built in 1701. The clock and turret were added to the building in 1772.
Easting
425500
Northing
564100
Grid Reference
NZ425500564100
Sources
Thomas Yellowley, 2006, Newcastle timepieces in Tyneside's Finest, 2006, p 189; Brenda Whitelock, 1992, Timepieces of Newcastle, pp 56-57