Tyne and Wear HER(11140): Shiremoor, Silverlink Countryside Park, 'Sundial' - Details
11140
N Tyneside
Shiremoor, Silverlink Countryside Park, 'Sundial'
Shiremoor
NZ37SW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Garden Ornament
Sundial
Modern
C20
Structure
1998 by Graham Robinson for Northern Freeform, architects Anthony Walker & Partners. A sundial formed in coloured paving slabs with iron numbers around a central sun motif, on the summit of a modern artificial hill. The gnomon is a large slanting slab of orange-brown iron with relief designs on either side. The 'Sundial' was unveiled by David Bellamy. The hill is now the highest point in North Tyneside. Commissioned by North Tyneside City Challenge and English Partnerships.
3159
7007
NZ31597007
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 171; Evening Chronicle 3 November 1998; Journal 11 July 1998