Newcastle, Quayside, 'River Tyne'

HER Number:
11007

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Quayside, 'River Tyne'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1996 by Neil Talbot. A carved relief showing a map of 30 miles of the River Tyne on a retaining wall beside the Wesley Memorial Fountain. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting:
2554

Northing:
6396

Grid Reference:
NZ25546396

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 106-7; The Journal, 22 August 1996