Newcastle Business Park, Elephant Statue

HER Number

10986

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle Business Park, Elephant Statue

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Statue

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

'Elephant Under a Moroccan Edifice'. 1990 by Andrew Burton. A bronze statue of an elephant with a large building seemingly growing out of it. Commissioned by Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting

423580

Northing

562950

Grid Reference

NZ423580562950

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 123-4