Charlotte Square, 'Peace Sculpture'
Charlotte Square, 'Peace Sculpture'
HER Number
11032
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Charlotte Square, 'Peace Sculpture'
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
1990 by Dawn Whitworth. Commissioned by Northumbria Police. A sculpture of a dove emerged from gun barrels, cast in dark brown metal. This design won a prize in a competition on the theme of peace organised by Newcastle Polytechnic and sponsored by Northumbria Police. The sculpture is cast from the metal of guns handed into police during a firearms amnesty in 1988.
Easting
424430
Northing
564110
Grid Reference
NZ424430564110
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, pp 101-2