Quayside, 'River Tyne'

HER Number

11007

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Quayside, 'River Tyne'

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

1996 by Neil Talbot. A carved relief showing a map of 30 miles of the River Tyne on a retaining wall beside the Wesley Memorial Fountain. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting

425540

Northing

563960

Grid Reference

NZ425540563960

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 106-7; The Journal, 22 August 1996