Rectory Park, bandstand

HER Number

16199

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rectory Park, bandstand

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Bandstand

Site Type: Specific

Bandstand

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A bandstand was constructed in the centre of the park and is shown on the 1959 OS plan. This lay at the heart of the park and was one of the original amenities planned by the Council and appears on plans drawn up in 1951. Unusually, the bandstand was rectangular in design, rather than the common circular stand, and faced out onto a rectangular audience area to the north-west. A series of steps were located on this side. The base of the feature survived into the 1970s but today there is no trace on the ground.

Easting

434000

Northing

549830

Grid Reference

NZ434000549830

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd. 2014, Rectory Park, Houghton-le-Spring, Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording; Ordnance Survey Plan, 1959; TWAS, 1951, Proposed layout of the Paddock area, showing bandstand (UD/HS/25/90)