Newcastle Business Park, 'Lintzford'

HER Number

10914

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle Business Park, 'Lintzford'

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

1990 by Nick Lloyd. This Ancaster Hardwhite limestone sculpture was originally displayed at Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990, now sited within Newcastle Business Park, who commissioned the piece. The sculpture is named after the village in the Derwent Valley where the sculptor lives and works.

Easting

422900

Northing

563030

Grid Reference

NZ422900563030

Sources

Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 79; 'Festival Landmarks 90', the official guide to art in the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival; Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 122