Mowbray Park, Terrace wall and statues
Mowbray Park, Terrace wall and statues
HER Number
4765
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Mowbray Park, Terrace wall and statues
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Parapet wall to terrace at rear of library and museum (qv), with statues on some piers, at N end of extension to Mowbray Park. 1866. Ashlar wall and stone statues. Low coped wall has plinth and pattern of pierced linked circles between rectangular piers. Figures of recumbernt lions on piers at each end and flanking central pier. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439790
Northing
556740
Grid Reference
NZ439790556740
Sources
<< HER 4765 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/20/145