Elswick, Newcastle Business Park, 'Lion'

HER Number:
10988

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Newcastle Business Park, 'Lion'

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
1990 by Andrew Burton. A bronze smaller-than-life statue of a lion with casts of drive chain used for the mane. 'Lion' was exhibited at Gateshead Garden Festival before being moved to the Business Park. Commissioned by Newcastle Business Park.

Easting:
2314

Northing:
6295

Grid Reference:
NZ23146295

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 122-3