Barmoor Lane, fountain
Barmoor Lane, fountain
HER Number
8189
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Barmoor Lane, fountain
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Supply Site
Site Type: Specific
Fountain
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
C14 canopy re-used in late C19 to form fountain. Sandstone. Eroded headstops
to crocketed canopy over lintel to square recess formerly containing fountain. Pevsner - unusual drinking fountain, the cover a re-used medieval crocketed canopy, possibly from old Durham Market House (cf. masonry at nearby Thorpe House). LISTED GRADE 2
to crocketed canopy over lintel to square recess formerly containing fountain. Pevsner - unusual drinking fountain, the cover a re-used medieval crocketed canopy, possibly from old Durham Market House (cf. masonry at nearby Thorpe House). LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
415000
Northing
564660
Grid Reference
NZ415000564660
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 15/81; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44