Piers, Walls, Gates And Railings At Entrance To Jarrow Park is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Park entrance.
Piers, Walls, Gates And Railings At Entrance To Jarrow Park
- WRENN ID
- small-obsidian-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Park entrance
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 36 SW JARROW SUSSEX STREET (south side) 2/98 Piers, walls, gates - and railings at entrance to Jarrow Park
GV II
Park entrance. Dated 1876, ashlar sandstone and wrought iron. 4 piers to carriage and 2 pedestrian entrances and one pier to the west; tall, square, flat topped with plinths, friezes and projecting cornices; inscription con- tinuing along all friezes 'Given to the/people of Jarrow/by Sir Walter/and Lady James/September 1876'. Low curved wall from westernmost gate pier to fifth pier; snecked sandstone rubble, round coping. Carriage gates and 2 pedestrian gates: simple spiked standards; ball on each principal upright. Railings: outward-curved spiked standards between gates and fifth pier. Historical note: Sir Walter James, first Lord Northbourne (1816-1893) who was Liberal MP for Gateshead, married the daughter of Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn. Minute books of local Board of Health record plans submitted by Mr George Spain, agent for Sir W and Lady James.
Listing NGR: NZ3239964714
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