Welcome to Penshaw Monument

Sunderland, United Kingdom

The Penshaw Monument (officially the Earl of Durham's Monument) is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland, North East England. It is located near the village of Penshaw, between the towns of Washington and Houghton-le-

Spring in historic County Durham. The monument was built between 1844 and 1845 to commemorate John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792–1840), Governor-General of British North America and author of the Durham Report on the future governance of the American territories. Owned by the National Trust since 1939, it is a Grade I listed structure. The monument was designed by John and Benjamin Green and built...

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Nearby

Victoria Viaduct monumenti · 2 km away
Church of St Matthew chiese · 3 km away
Washington Old Hall castelli · 3 km away
Lodge To West Of Washington Old Hall monumenti · 3 km away
Lambton Castle castelli · 4 km away
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery cemetery · 4 km away
St Michael and All Angels Church, Houghton-le-Spring chiese · 4 km away
Railway Wood forest · 5 km away