Sandgate, 'Siren'

HER Number

11006

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Sandgate, 'Siren'

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

1995 by Andre Wallace. Partner piece to 'River God'. A female bronze torso with a bell for an earring. Sits on a steel column. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting

425610

Northing

564050

Grid Reference

NZ425610564050

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 108