South Shields, Mill Dam, Customs House, 'Nautical Objects'

HER Number:
11135

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Mill Dam, Customs House, 'Nautical Objects'

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

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:
1995 by Matthew Jarrett. Seventeen cut steel reliefs painted white and mounted on the brick retaining wall behind the car park. The sculptures include ships, an anchor, a bell, an old fashioned steering wheel, pressure gauges and a crane. The wall below carries an old painted sign "Middle Docks". Commissioned by South Tyneside MBC as part of Jarratt's residency at Tyne Dock Engineering Ship Repair Yard.

Easting:
359

Northing:
668

Grid Reference:
NZ359668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 176