the dramatic play of light among the columns". In her Monument Guide to England and Wales, Jo Darke called the monument "a great northern landmark"; architectural historians Gwyn Headley and Wim Meulenkamp have described its blackened surface as "a satanic response to the pure white Hellenic ideal". Nikolaus Pevsner wrote that "the monument looms as an apparition of the Acropolis under hyperborian skies". In his book The Northumbrians, historian Dan Jackson praised it: "It is a building of great gravitas, and its austere Doric silhouette dominates the landscape for miles around." See also 1844 and 1845 in architecture Grade I listed buildings in Tyne and Wear List of National Trust properties in England List of places in Sunderland Notes References Bibliography External links An early photograph of Penshaw Monument, taken 1844 establishments in England Articles containing video clips Buildings and structures in the City of Sunderland Buildings and structures completed in the 1840s Folly buildings in England Freemasonry in England Grade I listed buildings in Tyne and Wear Grade I listed monuments and memorials Greek Revival architecture in the United Kingdom History of County Durham John and Benjamin Green buildings and structures Lambton family Masonic memorials Monuments and memorials in Tyne and Wear National Trust properties in Tyne and Wear Neoclassical architecture in England Sandstone buildings Tourist attractions in the City of Sunderland Vandalized works of art in the United Kingdom