Description

NZ 26 SW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WINGROVE AVENUE
(east side, off)
11/610 West gateway, walls and
gates of St. Nicholas'
Cemetery
II
Gate piers, gateway, walls and gates of cemetery. Dated 1857 above pedestrian
entrance. Sandstone ashlar piers, snecked sandstone walls with ashlar coping; wrought
iron gates. Vehicle entrance piers flanked by quadrant wall at left containing
pedestrian entrance; serpentine wall at right. Gothic style. 2 tall octagonal piers
have 4 gabled side buttresses with cusped panels; steeply-sloped overlapping coping
with top quatrefoil band; large seahorse finials support shields facing across gate,
that at left: with low relief of ship wrecked on rocks, that at right with low relief
of ship in full sail. Shouldered head to gateway at left has carved flowers in
spandrels and date panel above under raised brattished panel. Walls have steeply-
sloped overlapping coping continuous with that of piers. Gothic arcaded gates with
fleur-de-lis finials.

Listing NGR: NZ2276264939

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275587

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback