Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Taking Flight'

HER Number

11164

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, North Dock, 'Taking Flight'

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

1996 by Craig Knowles. Five steel columns depicting the life of a cormarant. The first column is only 1.2m tall and has no bird on top. The last one is 3.5m tall with a bird taking flight on top. The steel is dark grey coated.

Easting

440600

Northing

558460

Grid Reference

NZ440600558460

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 199