Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502295

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)