Nuns Moor Park, Park House and clock

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