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

Lats/Lons:

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