Newcastle General Cemetery, Tomb of Archibald Reed

HER Number

9076

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle General Cemetery, Tomb of Archibald Reed

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Tomb

Site Type: Specific

Tomb

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Gothic tower tomb. Circa 1843. Signed I. DOBSON ARCHT. Memorial to Archibald Reed, sheriff, alderman and 6 times mayor of Newcastle, died 1842. Sandstone ashlar 21-stage tower with pinnacled diagonal buttresses; octagonal spire. Head-stopped drip moulds. Slab at west to vault entrance. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

425630

Northing

565470

Grid Reference

NZ425630565470

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/341