Nuns Moor Park, Park House and clock

HER Number:
12300

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Nuns Moor Park, Park House and clock

Place:
Fenham

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Building

Site Type: Specific:
Gate Lodge

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Nun's Moor Park is at the corner of Studley Terrace and Brighton Grove. The Park House (lodge) is very attractive, and there is a clock mounted in a small green painted tower. The clock has four dials which are illuminated at night. The clock is weight friven and requires winding every week. The clock chimes the quarters and strikes the hours. The old chiming clock was removed when an electric driven mechanism was installed by William Potts of Leeds in 1984. The bells remain in the tower. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition as a lodge.

Easting:
423070

Northing:
565090

Grid Reference:
NZ423070565090

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brenda Whitelock, 1992, Timepieces of Newcastle; Pers comm, Charlotte Coyne, 2013