Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ45NW ROKER PARK
920-1/5/180 (East side)
Drinking fountain near north end of
Roker Park Terrace

GV II

Memorial fountain. Dated 1880. Commemorates Sir Hedworth
Williamson's gift of land for Roker Park to the people of
Sunderland. Ashlar sandstone and granite. Tall square column
on high base with Scotia moulding above swept plinth; 4
half-octagonal granite basins on round brackets are set
between base and plinth. Column base has corner pilsters which
support granite shafts; entablature breaks forward on these.
Above, a corniced block with heraldic devices in low-relief
panels; eagle finial. Inscriptions on column: N: `This
memorial is further intended gratefully to keep in memory the
fact that Sir Hedworth Williamson Bart.... gave 17 acres of
land for the purpose of forming this public park and pleasure
ground for the future use of the people of Sunderland.' S:
`....erected by the scholars teachers and friends of Sunday
Schools in Sunderland to commemorate the celebration of the
centenary of Sunday Schools and the opening of Roker Park June
23 1880.' Names on E eroded.

Listing NGR: NZ4053059096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569089

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  For the Record
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)