Gateshead, Saltwell Park, statue of Alderman John Lucas
Gateshead, Saltwell Park, statue of Alderman John Lucas
HER Number
8287
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, Saltwell Park, statue of Alderman John Lucas
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Commemorative Monument
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Edwardian 1902 to 1910
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1903 by G W Stevenson. Lively and naturalistic life size bronze figure in
aldermanic robes on rusticated sandstone pedestal inscribed: ALDERMAN JOHN LUCAS
1837-1900 ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1903, standing on moulded granite plinth. LISTED GRADE 2
aldermanic robes on rusticated sandstone pedestal inscribed: ALDERMAN JOHN LUCAS
1837-1900 ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1903, standing on moulded granite plinth. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425590
Northing
561190
Grid Reference
NZ425590561190
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/84; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 62-63