Newcastle Business Park, 'Lion'

HER Number

10988

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle Business Park, 'Lion'

Place

Elswick

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

1990 by Andrew Burton. A bronze smaller-than-life statue of a lion with casts of drive chain used for the mane. 'Lion' was exhibited at Gateshead Garden Festival before being moved to the Business Park. Commissioned by Newcastle Business Park.

Easting

423140

Northing

562950

Grid Reference

NZ423140562950

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 122-3