Northumberland Street, 'Heralds'
Northumberland Street, 'Heralds'
HER Number
10979
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Northumberland Street, 'Heralds'
Place
Newcastle
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
1997 and 1999 by Ray Smith. Identical figures in painted mild steel at either end of Northumberland Street. The black-painted figures hold poles with colourful perforated steel banners. Ray Smith also designed the railings, seating and bins for Northumberland Street. Commissioned by Newcastle City Council. The figure at Haymarket has since been removed
Easting
424900
Northing
564500
Grid Reference
NZ424900564500
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 129; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 199