Newcastle, Sandgate, 'Keelrow'

HER Number:
11028

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Sandgate, 'Keelrow'

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 and Graciela Ainsworth. Commissioned by Tyne and Wear Development Corporation. Based on the eighteenth century sone 'Weel may the Keel row'. A sandstone wall with carvings of keel boats. Neil Talbot was head of sculpture at Northumbria University in 1992 and 1993.

Easting:
2557

Northing:
6399

Grid Reference:
NZ25576399

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 108-9; Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs, 1891, p 1; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 134