Liberty Way, 'Always Open Gates'

HER Number

11174

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Liberty Way, 'Always Open Gates'

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

1992 by Colin Wilbourn and Karl Fisher. A cut steel sculpture creating the illusion of two gates opening onto a promenade, with bicycles leaning against railings at either side. The metal is painted black and blue. Forms a decorative corner to the railings at North Sands Business Centre. Incised on a steel plate on the gate are the words: "MEET ME AFTER WORK HERE WE'LL TAKE THE BOAT OUT".

Easting

440290

Northing

557960

Grid Reference

NZ440290557960

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 193-4