Christ Church, piers and walls
Christ Church, piers and walls
HER Number
7300
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Christ Church, piers and walls
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Dwarf walls, two gate piers west, four gate piers to south, and one pier to south-east of Christ Church. Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Sandstone ashlar with chamfered coping from which railings have been removed. Carriage and pedestrian entrances have two tall and two flanking lower piers of rusticated ashlar, with ball finials. Lower pier to south-east terminates churchyard wall. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435350
Northing
568690
Grid Reference
NZ435350568690
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 11/113