English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
02
District
Sunderland
Easting
439900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557500
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Monkwearmouth
Description
1998 by Colin Wilbourn, Karl Fisher and Craig Knowles. Writer - Chaz Brenchley. A composite work of various pieces in steel, concrete, wood, stone and sand blasted paving. It is set on the north bank of the River Wear between Wearmouth Bridge and St. Peter's campus and extends around 200m along the walkway. The work comprises of an octagonal concrete drum pedestal, 5m high, with a forged steel tree on top. 16 moulded fire clay roundels with images of a windmill, lighthouse, cormorant, buoy, ship, Penshaw Monument, Lambton Worm, Noah's Ark etc and an inscription, decorate the drum. About 3m away is a working telescope which is aimed at a convex mirror on top of the drum, through which you can see the shape of a crane which has been sand blasted onto the paving. There are also sculptures of nuts and bolts extending up to 200m away from the telescope. Incised in the paving are the words: "LIGHT BREAKS THE SHADOW BUT CAREFUL FEET CAN FIND A PATH TO FOLLOW". Incised on a stool next to the telescope are the words: "LOOK UP AND SEE BEHIND YOU A SHADOW CAN RAISE A MEMORY THAT NOTHING CAN ERASE". The work took seven years to complete. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation with National Lottery funding.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1998 by Colin Wilbourn, Karl Fisher and Craig Knowles. Writer - Chaz Brenchley. A composite work of various pieces in steel, concrete, wood, stone and sand blasted paving. It is set on the north bank of the River Wear between Wearmouth Bridge and St. Peter's campus and extends around 200m along the walkway. The work comprises of an octagonal concrete drum pedestal, 5m high, with a forged steel tree on top. 16 moulded fire clay roundels with images of a windmill, lighthouse, cormorant, buoy, ship, Penshaw Monument, Lambton Worm, Noah's Ark etc and an inscription, decorate the drum. About 3m away is a working telescope which is aimed at a convex mirror on top of the drum, through which you can see the shape of a crane which has been sand blasted onto the paving. There are also sculptures of nuts and bolts extending up to 200m away from the telescope. Incised in the paving are the words: "LIGHT BREAKS THE SHADOW BUT CAREFUL FEET CAN FIND A PATH TO FOLLOW". Incised on a stool next to the telescope are the words: "LOOK UP AND SEE BEHIND YOU A SHADOW CAN RAISE A MEMORY THAT NOTHING CAN ERASE". The work took seven years to complete. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation with National Lottery funding.
Site Name
Riverside Walkway, 'Shadows in Another Light'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11173
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 191-3; The Journal 7 August 1998
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3122
DAY1
02
DAY2
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
433600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552550
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Workshops. Circa 1882, for Lambton Colliery Company. Painted brick; Welsh
slate roof. 2 storeys, 8 bays. Gauged round brick arches and stone cills to
fixed windows with glazing bars and pivoted panels. Original vehicle door in
4th bay and sliding door in sixth. Openings set in brick panels. Dog-tooth
eaves ornament; hipped roof. 6 bay stores extension in similar style. lO-bay
blacksmith's shop extension of brick and timber with asbestos roof. Pit-cage
access door under gable in 2nd bay. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Workshops. Circa 1882, for Lambton Colliery Company. Painted brick; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 8 bays. Gauged round brick arches and stone cills to fixed windows with glazing bars and pivoted panels. Original vehicle door in 4th bay and sliding door in sixth. Openings set in brick panels. Dog-tooth eaves ornament; hipped roof. 6 bay stores extension in similar style. lO-bay blacksmith's shop extension of brick and timber with asbestos roof. Pit-cage access door under gable in 2nd bay.
The coal face machinery shop was recorded by TWM in 2011. It measures 95.85m by 12.10m and is split into three main sections.
Site Name
Coalface Machinery and Electrical Overhaul Shop
Site Type: Specific
Workshop
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11172
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/62; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3122
DAY1
02
District
Sunderland
Easting
433650
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552490
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Workshops. Dated 1919 for Lambton Colliery Company with alterations. Brick
with stone dressings; Welsh slate roof. L-shaped. One high storey, 2 windows
in north elevation, 4 in right return, 4 in west wing. North elevation has
large round-headed brick arch between 2 square modern casements. Right
return has later square casements under round gauged brick arches with key-
stones. Similar windows to wing, all with stone projecting cills. Dentilled
brick eaves. Large square chimney on wing. Included for group considerations.
SITEASS
Was listed grade 2. Now demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Workshops. Dated 1919 for Lambton Colliery Company with alterations. Brick with stone dressings; Welsh slate roof. L-shaped. One high storey, 2 windows in north elevation, 4 in right return, 4 in west wing. North elevation has large round-headed brick arch between 2 square modern casements. Right return has later square casements under round gauged brick arches with key- stones. Similar windows to wing, all with stone projecting cills. Dentilled brick eaves. Large square chimney on wing. Included for group considerations.
Site Name
Welding Bay and Fabrication Block
Site Type: Specific
Workshop
HER Number
11171
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 303217
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3122
DAY1
02
DAY2
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
433630
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552540
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Workshops. Dated 1882, for Lambton Colliery Company. Some alterations. Red brick
with quoins, Welsh slate roof with stone copings, roll-moulded at apex, and
curved kneelers. Double span, one tall storey. 4-window end. 2 builds of 9
and 4 bays. West end : 2 brick-panelled gabled bays hold 2 sliding vehicle
doors (one modern) and double door under round gauged brick arch between.
Similar arches to 4 tall fixed windows, with glazing bars and pivoted lights,
above. Clock face central at left and flagpole at right. Datestone between
gables. Similar windows on return; second build with upper row. Hexagonal
roof vent has louvred elliptical-headed openings and ogee lead cupola with
ball and spear finial. Interior :The interior of the building compsies of a large open space. At the north-east corner of the interior modern breeze-block partition walls have been built to accommodate a small complex of offices with an open mezzaine above though these are not original to the building. A travelling crane and a fish-bellied crane in northern block. The machine shop was recorded by TWM in 2011. The building measures 61.6m x 22.8m and has a maximum height of 12.3m. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Workshops. Dated 1882, for Lambton Colliery Company. Some alterations. Red brick with quoins, Welsh slate roof with stone copings, roll-moulded at apex, and curved kneelers. Double span, one tall storey. 4-window end. 2 builds of 9 and 4 bays. West end : 2 brick-panelled gabled bays hold 2 sliding vehicle doors (one modern) and double door under round gauged brick arch between. Similar arches to 4 tall fixed windows, with glazing bars and pivoted lights, above. Clock face central at left and flagpole at right. Datestone between gables. Similar windows on return; second build with upper row. Hexagonal roof vent has louvred elliptical-headed openings and ogee lead cupola with ball and spear finial. Interior :The interior of the building comprises of a large open space. At the north-east corner of the interior modern breeze-block partition walls have been built to accommodate a small complex of offices with an open mezzanine above though these are not original to the building. A travelling crane and a fish-bellied crane in northern block. The machine shop was recorded by TWM in 2011. The building measures 61.6m x 22.8m and has a maximum height of 12.3m.
Site Name
Machine Shop and Surface Locomotive Shop
Site Type: Specific
Workshop
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11170
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/60; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3122
DAY1
02
DAY2
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
433690
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552540
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Workshops. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Painted brick; Welsh
slate roof with flat stone gable coping, curved kneelers, and 2 corniced ridge
chimneys, one at north end.. One high storey; 3 windows by 17 in 2 builds, 12
and 5. North elevation : 3 brick panels contain modern door and 2 wide, round-
headed windows with metal glazing bars under gauged brick arches with impost
blocks and keystones; projecting cills to these and to upper row of 3 similar
windows. Keyed ox-eye window in brick panel in gable peak. Ground floor canted
corner at right with first floor corbelled out above. The complex was recorded by TWM in 2011.LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Workshops made up of seven individual buildings. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Painted brick; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable coping, curved kneelers, and 2 corniced ridge chimneys, one at north end. One high storey; 3 windows by 17 in 2 builds, 12 and 5. North elevation : 3 brick panels contain modern door and 2 wide, round-headed windows with metal glazing bars under gauged brick arches with impost blocks and keystones; projecting cills to these and to upper row of 3 similar windows. Keyed ox-eye window in brick panel in gable peak. Ground floor canted corner at right with first floor corbelled out above. The complex was recorded by TWM in 2011.
Site Name
Workshops, Winding and Cable Repair Shops
Site Type: Specific
Workshop
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11169
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/59; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3122
DAY1
02
DAY2
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
433650
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552590
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Workshop. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Brick; roof of corrugated
asbestos. One high storey, 7 bays. South elevation; 7 full-height buttresses
(none at right corner); central round-headed entrance bricked up; tall round-
headed windows (heads bricked up and modern casements inserted), under smaller
round-headed windows with metal glazing bars; all arches triple rows of gauged
brick. Hipped roof. Included partly for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Workshop. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Brick; roof of corrugated asbestos. One high storey, 7 bays. South elevation; 7 full-height buttresses (none at right corner); central round-headed entrance bricked up; tall round-headed windows (heads bricked up and modern casements inserted), under smaller round-headed windows with metal glazing bars; all arches triple rows of gauged brick. Hipped roof. Included partly for group value.
The battery shop complex was recorded by TWM in 2011. Elements of the complex may predate the majority of the buildings and relate to buildings shown on the 1856 OS plan.
Site Name
Underground Battery Locomotive Shops
Site Type: Specific
Workshop
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11168
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/58; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3122
DAY1
02
DAY2
27
District
Sunderland
Easting
433720
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552630
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Offices. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Red brick with stone dressings;
Welsh slate hipped roof. One storey, 7 bays in 2 builds (extension constructed between 1946-1969), 6 + 1. No. 3 has glazed double door under margined rectangular fanlight in raised surround with bracketed cornice projecting at sides; No. 4 has a sashed projecting bay;
other windows elliptical-headed sashes with glazing bars under gauged brick
arches with ram's-head keyblocks; projecting stone cills. Similar window in
keyed-in second build at left. Hipped roof has red ridge tiles and 3 transverse
ridge chimneys of which left 2 are truncated. The building measures 27.18m by 8.67m by 7.40m tall. Internally the office building was subdivided into 15 rooms. The offices were recorded by TWM Archaeology in 2011. It was noted that all of the doors in the main corridor were of traditional wood panelled design. Other features include cornicing and picture rails. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Commercial Office
SITEDESC
Offices. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Red brick with stone dressings; Welsh slate hipped roof. One storey, 7 bays in 2 builds (extension constructed between 1946-1969), 6 + 1. No. 3 has glazed double door under margined rectangular fanlight in raised surround with bracketed cornice projecting at sides; No. 4 has a sashed projecting bay; other windows elliptical-headed sashes with glazing bars under gauged brick arches with ram's-head keyblocks; projecting stone cills. Similar window in keyed-in second build at left. Hipped roof has red ridge tiles and 3 transverse ridge chimneys of which left 2 are truncated. The building measures 27.18m by 8.67m by 7.40m tall. Internally the office building was subdivided into 15 rooms. The offices were recorded by TWM Archaeology in 2011. It was noted that all of the doors in the main corridor were of traditional wood panelled design. Other features include cornicing and picture rails.
Site Name
British Coal Workshops and Office Block
Site Type: Specific
Commercial Office
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11167
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/57; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
440400
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MATERIAL
Glass
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557770
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Monkwearmouth
Description
1998 by Zora Palova and Stepan Pala. Three slabs of blue glass in an oval shape - the largest work of cast glass in the UK, with a textured surface and small cracks running through it, set on a concrete pedestal. Made at a glass kiln at Bratislava. On the roof of the glass centre.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1998 by Zora Palova and Stepan Pala. Three slabs of blue glass in an oval shape - the largest work of cast glass in the UK, with a textured surface and small cracks running through it, set on a concrete pedestal. Made at a glass kiln at Bratislava. On the roof of the glass centre.
Site Name
National Glass Centre, 'Light Transformer'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11166
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 191; City of Sunderland, 1998, publicart.sunderland.com
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
440700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558300
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Monkwearmouth
Description
1992 by Colin Wilbourn. Eleven steps lead down from the pedestrian walkway down into the marina basin, carved like a stair carpet. It has a key pattern and rope edging, which develops into chains and seaweed near to the water. There used to be a pair of shoes at the top of the stairs and a pair of wellington boots at the bottom but these have been stolen. The stone steps were part of the original docks but were re-carved as one of the earliest works for the St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project. There are railings along the jetty preventing people from walking on the relief.
SITEASS
Considerably eroded by sea and weather, stonework split in several places, algae growth, original yellow colouring has weathered to brown {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1992 by Colin Wilbourn. Eleven steps lead down from the pedestrian walkway down into the marina basin, carved like a stair carpet. It has a key pattern and rope edging, which develops into chains and seaweed near to the water. There used to be a pair of shoes at the top of the stairs and a pair of wellington boots at the bottom but these have been stolen. The stone steps were part of the original docks but were re-carved as one of the earliest works for the St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project. There are railings along the jetty preventing people from walking on the relief.
Site Name
North Dock, 'Stair Carpet'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11165
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 199-200
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
440600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558460
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Monkwearmouth
Description
1996 by Craig Knowles. Five steel columns depicting the life of a cormarant. The first column is only 1.2m tall and has no bird on top. The last one is 3.5m tall with a bird taking flight on top. The steel is dark grey coated.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Craig Knowles. Five steel columns depicting the life of a cormarant. The first column is only 1.2m tall and has no bird on top. The last one is 3.5m tall with a bird taking flight on top. The steel is dark grey coated.
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Taking Flight'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11164
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 199
YEAR1
2008