Elswick, Cruddas Park, 'Untitled'

HER Number:
11119

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Cruddas Park, 'Untitled'

Place:
Elswick

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:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This bronze abstract, some 4m high, was by Ken Ford. It was unveiled in 1962 by Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, as part of the landscaping scheme for the Cruddas Park development (six high-rise blocks around an open space). It was removed in 1975 for urgent repairs to its base, but never replaced.

Easting:
2333

Northing:
6356

Grid Reference:
NZ23336356

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 220; City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960, Competition for a Work to be Placed in the Redeveloped Cruddas Park; Evening Chronicle, 11 April 1975; Journal, Newcastle, 31 July 1993