Newcastle, Northumberland Street, 'Heralds'

HER Number:
10979

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Northumberland Street, 'Heralds'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1997 and 1999 by Ray Smith. Identical figures in painted mild steel at either end of Northumberland Street. The black-painted figures hold poles with colourful perforated steel banners. Ray Smith also designed the railings, seating and bins for Northumberland Street. Commissioned by Newcastle City Council. The figure at Haymarket has since been removed

Easting:
249

Northing:
645

Grid Reference:
NZ249645

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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 129; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 199