Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Taking Flight'

HER Number:
11164

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Taking Flight'

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

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:
1996 by Craig Knowles. Five steel columns depicting the life of a cormarant. The first column is only 1.2m tall and has no bird on top. The last one is 3.5m tall with a bird taking flight on top. The steel is dark grey coated.

Easting:
4060

Northing:
5846

Grid Reference:
NZ40605846

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 199