Boundary Wall To Bowes Museum North, East And South Boundary Wall To Bowes Museum With North Piers And Gates

The boundary wall to Bowes Museum, constructed around 1869, encloses the north, east, and part of the south sides of the museum grounds. It is made of thinly rendered rubble and features snecked masonry on the south wall. The wall is approximately 1.5 meters high and has a gabled stone coping. It runs along Crook Street at the north and east boundaries of the museum grounds, returning south to connect with Newgate. The south boundary wall along Newgate is partly made of snecked masonry, with rock-faced projecting coping and a low chamfered top. At the east end of the north wall, there are two square ashlar piers with moulded plinths, cornices, and a blocking course that support wrought-iron gates. These gates have spike heads on the uprights, dog bars with diagonal stays, and bifurcated curled heads on the principals.