Penshaw Ornament

As the grandchildren used to call it.  Parked here while we went to the local garden centre.  

This 70 foot high folly is a replica of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens and can be seen for miles around. It is Wearside's most beloved landmark, even appearing on the badge of Sunderland Football Club.


Known locally as 'Pensher (Penshaw) Monument, officially The Earl of Durham's Monument, it's a folly built in 1844 on Penshaw Hill between the districts of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring, within the City of Sunderland.  Some of you may know that the Lambton Worm 'wrapped his tail seven times round Pensher Hill'.