North Shields, Tyne Street, 'Nater's Bank Seascape'

HER Number:
11157

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Tyne Street, 'Nater's Bank Seascape'

Place:
North 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:
1987-8 by Maggie Howarth. Sculptors were Richard Broderick and Graham Robinson for Freeform Arts Trust. A large mosaic work in stone, concrete and ceramics 3m long and 10m wide set into the bank below Tyne Street to the east of the light house. Depicts sea life - two large cod plus other highly coloured fish and other creatures. The piece is best viewed from the end of Fishermen's Wharf below.

Easting:
3608

Northing:
6839

Grid Reference:
NZ36086839

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 165-6