Rye Hill, railings and walls

Rye Hill, railings and walls

HER Number
9208
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Rye Hill, railings and walls
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
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
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/480