Hebburn, Prince Consort Road, 'Viewpoint Markers'

HER Number:
11046

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Prince Consort Road, 'Viewpoint Markers'

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Signpost

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1996 by Matthew Jarratt and Neil Canavan. Two cut steel sculptures and a steel bench next to a cycle track crossing Hebburn Riverside Park. Further south is another steel marker and a carved brick sculpture. The steel markers are painted yellow and red, and comprise of a compass surrounded by a cut-out bird, diver's helmet, crane and lighthouse. The bench is painted green and has cut-out animals and plants set into its back. Commissioned by Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting:
302

Northing:
649

Grid Reference:
NZ302649

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 75