Bensham, Rawling Road, 'Window'

Bensham, Rawling Road, 'Window'

HER Number
11047
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bensham, Rawling Road, 'Window'
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
1986 by Colin Rose. Steel sculpture in 'pocket park' next to the Whickham House Pub. There are two open squares, a sphere, curved elements and a rod inside the upper square. The piece cost £7,600 and was funded by Gateshead MBC, Whitbread Brewery, Northern Arts and the Arts Business Sponsorship Association. It was made by Manpower Services Commission trainees. The sculpture was moved by a metre in 1999.
Easting
424700
Northing
561900
Grid Reference
NZ424700561900
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 61-2