Gateshead, Saltwell Park, statue of Alderman John Lucas

HER Number:
8287

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Saltwell Park, statue of Alderman John Lucas

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1903 by G W Stevenson. Lively and naturalistic life size bronze figure in aldermanic robes on rusticated sandstone pedestal inscribed: ALDERMAN JOHN LUCAS 1837-1900 ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1903, standing on moulded granite plinth. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2559

Northing:
6119

Grid Reference:
NZ25596119

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/84; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 62-63