Windy Nook, 'Windy Nook'

HER Number

10917

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Windy Nook, 'Windy Nook'

Place

Windy Nook

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

1984 by Richard Cole. 5000 tons of stone formed into an architectural feature of interlocking viewing platforms.

Easting

427000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ427000560000

Sources

Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 72