Bensham, Rawling Road, 'Window'

HER Number:
11047

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bensham, Rawling Road, 'Window'

Place:
Bensham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
1986 by Colin Rose. Steel sculpture in 'pocket park' next to the Whickham House Pub. There are two open squares, a sphere, curved elements and a rod inside the upper square. The piece cost £7,600 and was funded by Gateshead MBC, Whitbread Brewery, Northern Arts and the Arts Business Sponsorship Association. It was made by Manpower Services Commission trainees. The sculpture was moved by a metre in 1999.

Easting:
247

Northing:
619

Grid Reference:
NZ247619

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 61-2