Newgate Street, Church of St. Andrew, Gunn tomb

HER Number:
8779

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newgate Street, Church of St. Andrew, Gunn tomb

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Tomb

Site Type: Specific:
Table Tomb

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Table tomb. Late C18. Commemorates members of the Gunn and Raisbeck families from 1779 to 1846. Sandstone ashlar. Gothic style. Moulded-edged slab on solid serpentine ends; central recessed supporting slab. End panels have Gothic shafts and blind tracery. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
424550

Northing:
564390

Grid Reference:
NZ424550564390

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/417