'Paddle Gate', Marine Walk, Lifeboat Centre,

HER Number

11161

District

Sunderland

Site Name

'Paddle Gate', Marine Walk, Lifeboat Centre,

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

1997 by Craig Knowles. A forged steel gate between the end of the lifeboat centre and the cliff face, made of lifeboat oars connected by wire. The gate posts are art nouveau in style. There are railings in a similar motif which protect young trees along the esplanade.

Easting

440800

Northing

558500

Grid Reference

NZ440800558500

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 197-8