Shiremoor, Silverlink Countryside Park, 'Sundial'

HER Number:
11140

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Shiremoor, Silverlink Countryside Park, 'Sundial'

Place:
Shiremoor

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Ornament

Site Type: Specific:
Sundial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1998 by Graham Robinson for Northern Freeform, architects Anthony Walker & Partners. A sundial formed in coloured paving slabs with iron numbers around a central sun motif, on the summit of a modern artificial hill. The gnomon is a large slanting slab of orange-brown iron with relief designs on either side. The 'Sundial' was unveiled by David Bellamy. The hill is now the highest point in North Tyneside. Commissioned by North Tyneside City Challenge and English Partnerships.

Easting:
3159

Northing:
7007

Grid Reference:
NZ31597007

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 171; Evening Chronicle 3 November 1998; Journal 11 July 1998