Low Eighton, A167, 'Viewing Platform'

HER Number

11052

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Low Eighton, A167, 'Viewing Platform'

Place

Low Eighton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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 Maurice O' Connell. A bronze relief of ridges and lettering, set into a circular low stone wall base. The artist worked with Harlow Green Infants School. The piece was commissioned by Gateshead MBC as part of the 'Four Seasons' project for the Year of Visual Arts UK. It is meant to represent winter.

Easting

426400

Northing

557800

Grid Reference

NZ426400557800

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 59