Moor Terrace, gates, piers and railings
Moor Terrace, gates, piers and railings
HER Number
4769
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Moor Terrace, gates, piers and railings
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Gate
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
The gates, piers and railings to the boys' orphanage (HER ref. 4768) are dated 1861 in an inscription on the pier: BOYS ORPHANAGE SUNDERLAND 1861. Four tall square piers, with plinths, cornices, and stepped pyramidal coping, form entrances from the north and south ends of the wall to the west of the former orphanage. It has rendered stone piers, brick walls with rendered stone coping, wrought-iron gates and railings. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440670
Northing
557020
Grid Reference
NZ440670557020
Sources
<< HER 4769 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/12/142