Colston Street, 'The Benwell Bird'

Colston Street, 'The Benwell Bird'

HER Number
11144
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Colston Street, 'The Benwell Bird'
Place
Benwell
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
1997 by William Pym. A polished steel relief sculpture of a tree with a black forged iron raven sitting in it. On the surrounding floor area are other forged iron objects - books, cups and saucers, mugs and miniature houses. There is also a tall decorative steel column. A nest and eggs beneath the raven were added in 1999. The sculpture is on the gable end of a terrace row at the junction with Wellfield Road.
Easting
421930
Northing
564390
Grid Reference
NZ421930564390
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 104-5