Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Stair Carpet'

HER Number:
11165

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Stair Carpet'

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Structural Component

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Steps

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1992 by Colin Wilbourn. Eleven steps lead down from the pedestrian walkway down into the marina basin, carved like a stair carpet. It has a key pattern and rope edging, which develops into chains and seaweed near to the water. There used to be a pair of shoes at the top of the stairs and a pair of wellington boots at the bottom but these have been stolen. The stone steps were part of the original docks but were re-carved as one of the earliest works for the St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project. There are railings along the jetty preventing people from walking on the relief.

Easting:
407

Northing:
583

Grid Reference:
NZ407583

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 199-200