Gateshead, Regent Street, Gateshead Civic Centre, 'The Family

HER Number:
10922

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Regent Street, Gateshead Civic Centre, 'The Family

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1991 by Gordon Young. A group of statues in Shap limestone with a polished finish depicting the three ages of man. There are three sets of paired figures representing childhood, maturity and old age. Located outside the Registrar's Office. Commissioned by Gateshead MBC. Sponsored by Gateshead MBC, Northern Arts, Henry Moore Foundation.

Easting:
2553

Northing:
6286

Grid Reference:
NZ25536286

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 71; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 65-66