Tyne and Wear HER(11155): New Herrington, Herrington Country Park, 'John's Rock' - Details
11155
Sunderland
New Herrington, Herrington Country Park, 'John's Rock'
New Herrington
NZ35SW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Street Furniture
Sculpture
Modern
C20
Structure
1998 by David Paton. A large yellow boulder to which ten high-relief portraits of workers from Herrington Quarry in white Portland stone are attached by steel frames. The work was vandalised the day before it was unveiled. The work was moved and restored after subsequent vandalism.
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Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 167-9