Kibblesworth, Bowes Railway Path, 'Carved Seats'

HER Number:
11045

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Kibblesworth, Bowes Railway Path, 'Carved Seats'

Place:
Kibblesworth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Seat

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1994 by Chris Sell assisted by Primetime Sculptors. Two high-backed wooden chairs set against a hedge overlooking fields towards Birtley. Each chair is carved in relief with designs in contrasting yellows and greens - the left chair has a farmer and tractor on the top and a plough and harness on the front, the right chair has a miner in a bucket on the top and a shovel on the front. Commissioned by Gateshead MBC.

Easting:
237

Northing:
563

Grid Reference:
NZ237563

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 82