Hylton Dene, 'Sleeping Dragon', 'Dragon's Footprints & Eggs'

HER Number

11127

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton Dene, 'Sleeping Dragon', 'Dragon's Footprints & Eggs'

Place

Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

1988 by Abigail Downer. Three moulded concrete sculptures in Hylton Dene. 'Sleeping Dragon' is curled up asleep on a hillside in the central western part of the Dene. Four 'Footprints' lie to the east near the lake. East again in an area now fenced off are the remains of the 'Dragon's Nest' but the concrete eggs are now smashed. There was a competition for the artist in The Guardian in 1988.

Easting

436100

Northing

558500

Grid Reference

NZ436100558500

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 203