Retaining Wall To East Of Former Graveyard Of St Peter

SUNDERLAND

NZ4057 SAINT PETER'S WAY 920-1/12/208 (West side (off)) 10/11/78 Retaining wall to east of former graveyard of Church of St Peter (Formerly Listed as: DAME DOROTHY STREET Retaining wall to east of former Graveyard)

GV II

Retaining wall at east side of former graveyard to Church of St Peter (qv). Possibly medieval foundations, probably C18 above and raised in C19. Rubble limestone and sandstone with some granite; old brick patching and rubble coping. 2.5-3m high, ramped up at left, with opening for entrance to vicarage garden; beside late-C20 brick-arched steps to this opening an C18 headstone has been set in the wall. Other headstones rest against it. Lowest part a mixture of limestone and sandstone, some of the latter red; central section sandstone with brick patching; upper part limestone with brick patching and rounded rubble coping. An ashlar block inscribed 1848 is incorporated about one-third of length from north end; beside this a space shows another block has been removed.

Listing NGR: NZ4020857816