1996 by Graciela Ainsworth. A heavy concrete-filled drum, 80cm high and 85cm in diameter, suspended between two steel rings allowing it to rock if pushed. Two steel supports rise up from the drum with a yellow stone partridge at the top of each one. On the outer drum are the words "THE NAKED EARTH WARM WITH SPRING BURSTING TREE'S LEAN TO THE SUN'S KISS" taken from a poem by Julian Grenfell. commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Spring.
SITEASS
Beak of one partridge chipped, bird droppings on most surfaces, salt staining on steel drum, algae and moss growth {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Graciela Ainsworth. A heavy concrete-filled drum, 80cm high and 85cm in diameter, suspended between two steel rings allowing it to rock if pushed. Two steel supports rise up from the drum with a yellow stone partridge at the top of each one. On the outer drum are the words "THE NAKED EARTH WARM WITH SPRING BURSTING TREE'S LEAN TO THE SUN'S KISS" taken from a poem by Julian Grenfell. commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Spring.
Site Name
Hedley Lane, 'Circling Partridges'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11125
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 205; Gateshead, Four Seasons, pp 8-11; Marking the Ways in Gateshead
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
29
District
Gateshead
Easting
422030
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559930
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Washingwells
Description
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A bridge over a stream in Washingwells Wood, using four pairs of blue-painted telegraph poles, decorated with pebbles set in concrete, as the supportive struts. The bridge was commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Summer.
SITEASS
Wooden poles splitting, paint peeling off, graffiti on poles {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
SITEDESC
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A bridge over a stream in Washingwells Wood, using four pairs of blue-painted telegraph poles, decorated with pebbles set in concrete, as the supportive struts. The bridge was commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Summer.
Site Name
Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'
Site Type: Specific
Footbridge
HER Number
11124
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 205
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
2127
DAY1
29
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Aluminium
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569330
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Tynemouth
Description
1996 by Northern Freeform. A huge silver silver made from interlocked aluminium sheets with a paper mache head, suspended from the ceiling of the westbound platform. It was commissioned as a temporary work for the 1996 Fish Quay Festival but has remained in place ever since.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Northern Freeform. A huge silver salver made from interlocked aluminium sheets with a paper mâché head, suspended from the ceiling of the westbound platform. It was commissioned as a temporary work for the 1996 Fish Quay Festival but has remained in place ever since.
Site Name
Metro Station, 'Fish'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11123
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 209
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
2127
DAY1
29
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Wood
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569330
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Tynemouth
Description
A lime-wood mask, 1.3m high x 50cm wide set on a steel support. 1995 by David Gross. Commissioned by Nexus. The mask has a "fierce" expression reminiscent of an actor's mask of tragedy or perhaps to masks of the South Seas. Carved with the help of pupils from Norham Community High School.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
A lime-wood mask, 1.3m high x 50cm wide set on a steel support. 1995 by David Gross. Commissioned by Nexus. The mask has a "fierce" expression reminiscent of an actor's mask of tragedy or perhaps to masks of the South Seas. Carved with the help of pupils from Norham Community High School.
Site Name
Metro Station, 'Mask'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11122
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 209-10;The Journal, Newcastle, 22 August 1995
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
5474
DAY1
29
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429760
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Concrete
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566720
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Wallsend
Description
Concrete wall bisected by a curved copper strip by Richard Broderick, 1998. The upper part of the wall has been left rough, the lower part is smooth and painted white. The wall had been in place for about three years before the artwork was commissioned to embellish it.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
Concrete wall bisected by a curved copper strip by Richard Broderick, 1998. The upper part of the wall has been left rough, the lower part is smooth and painted white. The wall had been in place for about three years before the artwork was commissioned to embellish it.
Site Name
Station Road, Buddle Arts Centre, 'Groove'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11121
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 213-4
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
29
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571230
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Killingworth
Description
A galvanised steel relief of George Stephenson's early locomotive, attached to a pedestrian overpass above the road by Charles Sansbury, October 1971. It was commissioned by Costain Property Investments Ltd to decorate the side of the Puffing Billy Pub. Killingworth Township was opened in 1972 but by 1986 the towers were being demolished and the shopping centre was pulled down after arson attacks. The sculpture must have been removed around this time.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
A galvanised steel relief of George Stephenson's early locomotive, attached to a pedestrian overpass above the road by Charles Sansbury, October 1971. It was commissioned by Costain Property Investments Ltd to decorate the side of the Puffing Billy Pub. Killingworth Township was opened in 1972 but by 1986 the towers were being demolished and the shopping centre was pulled down after arson attacks. The sculpture must have been removed around this time.
Site Name
Citadel East, 'Locomotive'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11120
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 220; Killingworth Development Group Newsletter, 2 November 1971; Northern Echo, 22 May 1971; Journal, Newcastle, 4 October 1971 and 22 October 1987
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
423330
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563560
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Elswick
Description
This bronze abstract, some 4m high, was by Ken Ford. It was unveiled in 1962 by Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, as part of the landscaping scheme for the Cruddas Park development (six high-rise blocks around an open space). It was removed in 1975 for urgent repairs to its base, but never replaced.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
This bronze abstract, some 4m high, was by Ken Ford. It was unveiled in 1962 by Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, as part of the landscaping scheme for the Cruddas Park development (six high-rise blocks around an open space). It was removed in 1975 for urgent repairs to its base, but never replaced.
Site Name
Cruddas Park, 'Untitled'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11119
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 220; City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960, Competition for a Work to be Placed in the Redeveloped Cruddas Park; Evening Chronicle, 11 April 1975; Journal, Newcastle, 31 July 1993
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
13509
DAY1
29
DAY2
12
District
Newcastle
Easting
428900
EASTING2
265
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
04
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564100
NORTHING2
654
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Walker
Description
Lost statue. It was a bronze figure with outstretched arms 1.8m high, on a stone circular pedestal 2m high and was donated by members of the Burns Club. It was erected in Walker Park in 1901, repaired and re-sited in Heaton Park in 1975 and removed in 1984 after vandals broke the statue into several pieces. A replica has been re-erected in Walker Park August 2016.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
Bronze figure with outstretched arms 1.8m high, on a stone circular pedestal 2m high and was donated by members of the Burns Club. It was erected in Walker Park in 1901. The original statue was designed by David Watson Steveson and cast by Walker Macfarlane and Co foundry in Glasgow. It was repaired and re-sited in Heaton Park in 1975 and removed in 1984 after vandals broke the statue into several pieces. In August 2016 a replica statue was erected in Walker Park. It has been replaced in its original location (exact spot currently unknown to HER officer).
Site Name
Walker Park (formerly in Heaton Park), 'Rabbie Burns'
Site Type: Specific
Statue
HER Number
11118
Form of Evidence
Destroyed Monument
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 220; The Journal 18, 22 and 26 March 1994; www.newcastle.gov.uk/news-story/return-rabbie-burns-back
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2016
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
10926, 9437
DAY1
18
District
N Tyneside
Easting
435910
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Oak
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568260
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
North Shields
Description
1992 by Martyn and Jane Grubb. Oak, 2.3m high and 74cm square on a concrete base. Commissioned by Samuel Smith Breweries. A buxom female figure with no arms, in a red dress with pink face and black hair.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1992 by Martyn and Jane Grubb. Oak, 2.3m high and 74cm square on a concrete base. Commissioned by Samuel Smith Breweries. A buxom female figure with no arms, in a red dress with pink face and black hair {1}. This is the sixth North Shields wooden dolly. It is a copy of the third (1864-1901) which stood on the same site, then known as Custom House Quay. The sixth wooden dolly was sculpted out of a single block of oak costing £5000 and weighs one and a half tons. Unveiled on the 20th October 1992 for the re-opening of the Prince of Wales public house {2}.
Site Name
Liddell Street, wooden dolly 6
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11116
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 159-160; Keith Armstrong, 1994, The Wooden Dolly - The Story of the North Shields Wooden Dolly
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
163, 11946
DAY1
03
District
Sunderland
Easting
439320
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556990
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
Two-storey cottages and shops with a simple and uniform appearance. A charming and quaint area due to the absence of vehicular traffic, the narrowness of the lane and the resultant intimate enclosure of space.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Two-storey cottages and shops with a simple and uniform appearance. A charming and quaint area due to the absence of vehicular traffic, the narrowness of the lane and the resultant intimate enclosure of space.
Site Name
Church Lane
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
11115
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Sunderland City Council, 2007, Bishopwearmouth Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; Sunderland City Council, 1998, Bishopwearmouth: a circular walk through the Conservation Area; Tyne and Wear Museums, 1996, Bishopwearmouth: An Archaeological Assessment; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Milburn and S.T Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town & People: A History from the 1780s to the Present Day; N. Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)