Newgate Street, Church of St. Andrew, Gunn tomb

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