Eldon Square, 'Man With Pigeons'

HER Number:
10893

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Eldon Square, 'Man With Pigeons'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1976 by Andre Wallace. This is a bronze statue of a man with several pigeons. Originally located in Old Eldon Square, it was moved to a lobby of an office entry on the upper level of the Eldon Square Shopping Centre.

Easting:
424630

Northing:
564530

Grid Reference:
NZ424630564530

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 82; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 113; Journal, 16 December 1994; Brick Bulletin, No. 3, September 1978