Monkwearmouth, Liberty Way, 'Always Open Gates'

HER Number:
11174

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Liberty Way, 'Always Open Gates'

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:
1992 by Colin Wilbourn and Karl Fisher. A cut steel sculpture creating the illusion of two gates opening onto a promenade, with bicycles leaning against railings at either side. The metal is painted black and blue. Forms a decorative corner to the railings at North Sands Business Centre. Incised on a steel plate on the gate are the words: "MEET ME AFTER WORK HERE WE'LL TAKE THE BOAT OUT".

Easting:
4029

Northing:
5796

Grid Reference:
NZ40295796

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 193-4