Park Close, Elswick Lodge, piers, walls and gates
Park Close, Elswick Lodge, piers, walls and gates
HER Number
8754
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Park Close, Elswick Lodge, piers, walls and gates
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Garden Wall
Site Type: Specific
Garden Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Gate and wall piers; garden wall and railings. Dated c1844. Sandstone, some ashlar, some
snecked. High ashlar walls flank 2 octagonal gate piers with overlapping coping;
square piers to wall round garden: 2 at corners, 2 at front, 5 at right; snecked
sandstone wall with chamfered coping. Gothic-style cast iron railings have leafy
standards. Double boarded gates with open upper section have wrought iron strap
hinges. LISTED GRADE 2
snecked. High ashlar walls flank 2 octagonal gate piers with overlapping coping;
square piers to wall round garden: 2 at corners, 2 at front, 5 at right; snecked
sandstone wall with chamfered coping. Gothic-style cast iron railings have leafy
standards. Double boarded gates with open upper section have wrought iron strap
hinges. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
423340
Northing
563870
Grid Reference
NZ423340563870
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/442