Hylton Dene, 'Sleeping Dragon', 'Dragon's Footprints & Eggs'

HER Number:
11127

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton Dene, 'Sleeping Dragon', 'Dragon's Footprints & Eggs'

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

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:
1988 by Abigail Downer. Three moulded concrete sculptures in Hylton Dene. 'Sleeping Dragon' is curled up asleep on a hillside in the central western part of the Dene. Four 'Footprints' lie to the east near the lake. East again in an area now fenced off are the remains of the 'Dragon's Nest' but the concrete eggs are now smashed. There was a competition for the artist in The Guardian in 1988.

Easting:
361

Northing:
585

Grid Reference:
NZ361585

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 203