1997 by Rosie Leventon. Four large boulders each with a single vertical stripe, set in a line across the grass from the river bank to a line of trees. A fifth smaller boulder carries an inscription "HERE IS THE END OF THE LINE/ STAITHES AND THE START OF THE SEA/ THE WORM IN THE WATER". The stripe across the boulders represents the worked-out coal seam. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation as part of the Stephenson Trail.
SITEASS
Chipped edges, graffiti {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1997 by Rosie Leventon. Four large boulders each with a single vertical stripe, set in a line across the grass from the river bank to a line of trees. A fifth smaller boulder carries an inscription "HERE IS THE END OF THE LINE/ STAITHES AND THE START OF THE SEA/ THE WORM IN THE WATER". The stripe across the boulders represents the worked-out coal seam. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation as part of the Stephenson Trail.
Site Name
Farringdon Row, 'Standing Stones'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11133
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 185-6; City of Sunderland, The Stephenson Trail leaflets
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
440000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Building c. 1859; restored 1996. There are two carved dancing female figures (95cm high and 40cm wide) like caryatids on opposite corners of the shop façade. Each is brightly painted with a lilac dress, blonde hair and blue necklace. There are also brightly painted relief heads (10cm square) including a king and a queen.
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
Building c. 1859; restored 1996. There are two carved dancing female figures (95cm high and 40cm wide) like caryatids on opposite corners of the shop façade. Each is brightly painted with a lilac dress, blonde hair and blue necklace. There are also brightly painted relief heads (10cm square) including a king and a queen.
Site Name
138 High Street West, Gibbon's Butcher Shop
Site Type: Specific
Butchers Shop
HER Number
11132
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 186
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
438400
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554960
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Plains Farm
Description
1997 by Lynne Regan. Steel relief sculpture of George Stephenson's first locomotive and coal truck set into a grassed bank. Smoke from the locomotive's chimney is in concrete. Commissioned as part of the Stephenson Trail which runs from Easington Lane to the River Wear in the centre of Sunderland following the Hetton Colliery Railway.
SITEASS
Paint peeling, extensive rust {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1997 by Lynne Regan. Steel relief sculpture of George Stephenson's first locomotive and coal truck set into a grassed bank. Smoke from the locomotive's chimney is in concrete. Commissioned as part of the Stephenson Trail which runs from Easington Lane to the River Wear in the centre of Sunderland following the Hetton Colliery Railway.
Site Name
Plains Farm, Premier Road, 'Locomotive'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11131
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 187-188; City of Sunderland, The Stephenson Trail (leaflet 5)
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
29
District
Sunderland
Easting
440740
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557050
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Hendon
Description
1993 by Matthew Jarratt. Three well-headed shaped red brick walls 1.56m high and 3.6m wide with yellow fire clay panels set into them carved with a crane, house, ship, bridges and a lighthouse, with 'VEDRA' above in raised letters. There is also a boat-shaped planter in red brick, surrounded by coloured mosaics. Set in a wildlife garden to the rear of the community centre. Commissioned by City of Sunderland.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1993 by Matthew Jarratt. Three well-headed shaped red brick walls 1.56m high and 3.6m wide with yellow fire clay panels set into them carved with a crane, house, ship, bridges and a lighthouse, with 'VEDRA' above in raised letters. There is also a boat-shaped planter in red brick, surrounded by coloured mosaics. Set in a wildlife garden to the rear of the community centre. Commissioned by City of Sunderland.
Site Name
The Quadrant, East End Community Sculpture
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11130
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 188
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
29
District
Sunderland
Easting
437740
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559180
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Marley Pots
Description
1997 by Mary Bourne. Nine boulders across the entry to a cut-through at the junction with Maplewood Avenue. Two more at the rear of the tarmaced area. Each stone is carved with animals, birds, fish or structures (one shows the Wearmouth Bridge).
SITEASS
Some surfaces split, edges chipped, covered in paint and scratched graffiti, area strewn with litter {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1997 by Mary Bourne. Nine boulders across the entry to a cut-through at the junction with Maplewood Avenue. Two more at the rear of the tarmacked area. Each stone is carved with animals, birds, fish or structures (one shows the Wearmouth Bridge).
Site Name
Redcar Road, 'Untitled Boulders'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11129
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 188
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
29
District
Sunderland
Easting
440700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557800
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Monkwearmouth
Description
1995 by Colin Wilbourn and Karl Fisher. Writer - Chaz Brenchley. A large red sandstone sculpture representing the ground floor of a house (a fireplace, coat hanging on a door, a table, a rug, books and desk). The rug is carved with the words "WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND". The sandstone came from the Queen Alexandra Bridge. There are further words carved on a stone block outside the piece. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1995 by Colin Wilbourn and Karl Fisher. Writer - Chaz Brenchley. A large red sandstone sculpture representing the ground floor of a house (a fireplace, coat hanging on a door, a table, a rug, books and desk). The rug is carved with the words "WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND". The sandstone came from the Queen Alexandra Bridge. There are further words carved on a stone block outside the piece. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Riverside Walkway, 'The Red House'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11128
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 195
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
DAY1
29
District
Sunderland
Easting
436100
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Concrete
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558500
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Hylton
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.
SITEASS
Sleeping Dragon is split and concrete layers are flaking away with loss of detail, graffiti on all surfaces; one of the Footprints is missing; Eggs smashed by vandals {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
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.
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 203
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
29
District
Sunderland
Easting
440560
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560430
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Seaburn
Description
1998 by Jon Mills and casted by Taylors Foundry, Haverhill. A black painted steel column in the shape of a fish tail, with an undersea scene, sea creatures, bones, a petrol pump and a car tyre on the main face. Commissioned by the Millennium Lottery Fund. One of 1000 mile posts funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the National Cycle Network.
Site Type: Broad
Milepost
SITEDESC
1998 by Jon Mills and casted by Taylors Foundry, Haverhill. A black painted steel column in the shape of a fish tail, with an undersea scene, sea creatures, bones, a petrol pump and a car tyre on the main face. Commissioned by the Millennium Lottery Fund. One of 1000 mile posts funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the National Cycle Network.
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 204
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
29
District
Gateshead
Easting
421000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556500
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Hedley
Description
1996 by Graciela Ainsworth. A heavy concrete-filled drum, 80cm high and 85cm in diameter, suspended between two steel rings allowing it to rock if pushed. Two steel supports rise up from the drum with a yellow stone partridge at the top of each one. On the outer drum are the words "THE NAKED EARTH WARM WITH SPRING BURSTING TREE'S LEAN TO THE SUN'S KISS" taken from a poem by Julian Grenfell. commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Spring.
SITEASS
Beak of one partridge chipped, bird droppings on most surfaces, salt staining on steel drum, algae and moss growth {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Graciela Ainsworth. A heavy concrete-filled drum, 80cm high and 85cm in diameter, suspended between two steel rings allowing it to rock if pushed. Two steel supports rise up from the drum with a yellow stone partridge at the top of each one. On the outer drum are the words "THE NAKED EARTH WARM WITH SPRING BURSTING TREE'S LEAN TO THE SUN'S KISS" taken from a poem by Julian Grenfell. commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Spring.
Site Name
Hedley, Hedley Lane, 'Circling Partridges'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11125
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 205; Gateshead, Four Seasons, pp 8-11; Marking the Ways in Gateshead
YEAR1
2008
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
29
District
Gateshead
Easting
422030
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559930
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Washingwells
Description
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A bridge over a stream in Washingwells Wood, using four pairs of blue-painted telegraph poles, decorated with pebbles set in concrete, as the supportive struts. The bridge was commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Summer.
SITEASS
Wooden poles splitting, paint peeling off, graffiti on poles {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
SITEDESC
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A bridge over a stream in Washingwells Wood, using four pairs of blue-painted telegraph poles, decorated with pebbles set in concrete, as the supportive struts. The bridge was commissioned by Gateshead Council as part of its 'Four Seasons' initiative and is meant to represent Summer.
Site Name
Washingwells Wood, 'Bridge'
Site Type: Specific
Footbridge
HER Number
11124
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 205