Rye Hill, railings and walls

HER Number:
9208

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Rye Hill, railings and walls

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Barrier

Site Type: Specific:
Wall

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Walls and railings. Circa 1858. Stone and cast iron. Low walls at South-East corner of garden have fleur-de-lys-headed railings. Along Eastern boundary similar walls hate massive piers with sloped copings, at intervals. Between these,tall rows of fleur-de-lys-headed railings interspersed with shorter ones having Gothic tracery between. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
423860

Northing:
563750

Grid Reference:
NZ423860563750

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/480