English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
10474
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425770
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564070
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1998 by Raf Fulcher of Sunderland University. A folly in the form of a sandstone and concrete circular temple-like building with a golden sun or planet above. The names of various towns (London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Dororecht, Hamburg, Bremen, Chent) are carved around the inner rim. The names were taken from a wooden sign at Plummer Chare, and were the destinations of Newcastle and Sunderland liners of the Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1998 by Raf Fulcher of Sunderland University. A folly in the form of a sandstone and concrete circular temple-like building with a golden sun or planet above in a sphere. The names of various towns (London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Dororecht, Hamburg, Bremen, Chent) are carved around the inner rim. The names were taken from a wooden sign at Plummer Chare, and were the destinations of Newcastle and Sunderland liners of the Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Quayside, Promenade, 'Swirle Pavillion'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11011
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 110; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 136
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564080
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1996 by Members of the British Association of Blacksmith Artists. A forged steel cone in six sections. Each section contains objects, mostly with a maritime theme, which relate to one of the senses. The work was inaugerated in May 1997 by Evelyn Glennie, a percussionist, ringing the bell which hangs inside the needle. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Members of the British Association of Blacksmith Artists. A forged steel cone in six sections. Each section contains objects, mostly with a maritime theme, which relate to one of the senses. The work was inaugerated in May 1997 by Evelyn Glennie, a percussionist, ringing the bell which hangs inside the needle. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Quayside, Promenade, 'Blacksmiths Needle'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11010
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 111
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425710
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564040
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1996 by Andrew Burton. A green-patinated bronze curving rudder-like form. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Andrew Burton. A green-patinated bronze curving rudder-like form. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Quayside, Keelman Square, 'Rudder'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11009
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 110
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425700
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564030
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1996 by Andrew Burton. A series of curved shapes surrounding a tapered column, all in steel. There is a twisted abstract shape on top of the column. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Andrew Burton. A series of curved shapes surrounding a tapered column, all in steel. There is a twisted abstract shape on top of the column. Resembles waves around a lighthouse. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Quayside, Keelman Square, 'Column and Steps'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11008
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 109; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 135
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425540
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563960
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1996 by Neil Talbot. A carved relief showing a map of 30 miles of the River Tyne on a retaining wall beside the Wesley Memorial Fountain. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Neil Talbot. A carved relief showing a map of 30 miles of the River Tyne on a retaining wall beside the Wesley Memorial Fountain. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation. The river is shown in map form with important structures along its route - Cawfields Roman milecastle, Bardon Mill, Corbridge bridge, Prudhoe Castle, Cherryburn, Stephenson's cottage at Wylam, Lemington Glass Cone, Newburn Church, Vicker's factory, Dunston Staithes, Swing Bridge, High Level Bridge, Castle Keep, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Swan Hunter Shipyard, Jarrow Monastery, Arbeia Roman Fort, North Shields Fish Quay and Tynemouth Priory.
Site Name
Quayside, 'River Tyne'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11007
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 106-7; The Journal, 22 August 1996
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
11005
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425610
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564050
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1995 by Andre Wallace. Partner piece to 'River God'. A female bronze torso with a bell for an earring. Sits on a steel column. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
SITEASS
Small areas of the surface stained green {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1995 by Andre Wallace. Partner piece to 'River God'. A female bronze torso with a bell for an earring. Sits on a steel column. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Sandgate, 'Siren'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11006
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 108
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
11006
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425640
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564010
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Newcastle
Description
1996 by Andre Wallace. Bronze brown-patinated figure of a male head and torso on top of a steel column. He holds a staff and chain and appears to be blowing at the nearby 'Siren' figure by the same artist. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
SITEASS
Surface staining particularly at base {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1996 by Andre Wallace. Bronze brown-patinated figure of a male head and torso on top of a steel column. He holds a staff and chain and appears to be blowing at the nearby 'Siren' figure by the same artist. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Site Name
Sandgate, 'River God'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11005
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 107-8; Art Review Dec/Jan 1997/8, p 8
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
424800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Concrete
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564870
General Period
21ST CENTURY
Specific Period
21st Century 2001 to 2100
Place
Newcastle
Description
2000 by Ray Smith. Stylised linked concrete figures creating a barrier between the road and the area around the South African War Memorial. The work included water features at either end in stainless steel. Commissioned by Newcastle City Council.
SITEASS
In the process of being removed in 2008.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
2000 by Ray Smith. Stylised linked concrete figures creating a barrier between the road and the area around the South African War Memorial. The work included water features at either end in stainless steel. Commissioned by Newcastle City Council.
Site Name
Haymarket, 'Shoulder to Shoulder'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11004
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet)
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
CONDITION
Fair
DAY1
03
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
424697
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Steel
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564889
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Newcastle
Description
1962 by Geoffrey Clarke. A grey painted steel spiral over 10m high. Next to the Herschel Physics Building. Commissioned by University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The piece was originally finished in shiny aluminium, but Basil Spence who designed the nearby Herschel Building, thought that it distracted attention from his building and so after a month it was flame blasted, waxed and painted grey {2}. Reasons for listing: artist - Geoffrey Clarke is a notable post-war sculptor. He exhibited at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and the Venice Biennale of 1952. He designed the high altar cross, candlesticks, a vast suspended crown of thorns and three nave windows in Coventry Cathedral. Aesthetic quality - a large bold sculpture which resembles an abstracted receiving dish, electrical coil and antenna apparently communing with outer space. Construction - Clarke pioneered a modern variation of the 'lost wax' method using shaped polystyrene moulds set in sand, which vaporised upon the casting of molten aluminium. Historic interest - his commission was from Sir Basil Spence, with whom Clarke worked at Coventry Cathedral. Contribution to public realm. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Some small panels have dropped off; the platform is covered in green algae; bird droppings have deteriorated some surfaces {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1962 by Geoffrey Clarke. A grey painted steel spiral over 10m high. Next to the Herschel Physics Building. Commissioned by University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The piece was originally finished in shiny aluminium, but Basil Spence who designed the nearby Herschel Building, thought that it distracted attention from his building and so after a month it was flame blasted, waxed and painted grey {2}.
The sculpture was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
Details
Sculpture, 1962 by Geoffrey Clarke, commissioned by Sir Basil Spence to stand outside his Herschel Building for the Physics Department of the University of Newcastle (at that time King's College, University of Durham, becoming the University of Newcastle in 1963).
MATERIALS: steel armature with cast aluminium panels. Painted with micaceous iron oxide and microcrystalline wax during the 2012 restoration.
PLAN: a free-standing sculpture with a vertically-set shield and coil with a tall spire standing on a narrow, rectangular platform or bench.
DESCRIPTION: the sculpture stands on the NW side of the Herschel Building and is set at an angle to the building. It is a large, abstract design, though clearly symbolic of the scientific advances in the 1960s. The main section is set on a narrow, rectangular bench or platform standing around 1.2 metres high on rectangular legs. The bench has an angular appearance being covered in textured, cast-aluminium panels with projecting pegs or dowels. The shape of the main section is based on some form of electrical equipment or receiving dish held by a clamp with V-shaped base which stands at the N end of the bench. The clamp is covered in small, pegged, cast aluminium panels, giving the effect of wooden slats. One side of the main section is made of a large, loosely-wound coil covered in angular, cast aluminium panels. The other side is shaped like a roughly circular shield or receiving dish of cast aluminium with raised seams, which cups the coil. Two, roughly horizontal, circular steel tubes emerge out of the aluminium panels to flank the spiral like stripped wires or antennae. The whole is topped by a tall spire or antenna rising approximately 4 metres. The lower half is covered by small, cast-aluminium panels from which a circular steel tube emerges.
Site Name
Newcastle University, 'Spiral Nebula'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11003
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 142-3; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1437126; A Tribute to Geoffrey Clarke RA www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/a-tribute-to-geoffrey-clarke; Geoffrey Clarke obituary www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1123942/Geoffrey-Clarke-obituary.html and www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/06/geoffrey-clarke; Geoffrey Clarke biography http://geoffreyclarke.info/biography; Marsh Award 2013 www.pmsa.org.uk/marsh-award/marsh-award-2013
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2022
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
03
District
Newcastle
Easting
425100
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564980
General Period
21ST CENTURY
Specific Period
21st Century 2001 to 2100
Place
Newcastle
Description
By Piper James Turner. Located in Sandyford Road in front of the Visual Arts Department. Stone sculpture of a flat fish exhibited first as part of the artist's degree exhibition. Commissioned by Northumbria University.
SITEASS
Covered in brown lichen and moss {Usherwood, Beach and Morris 2000}.
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
SITEDESC
1991 by Piper James Turner. Located in Sandyford Road in front of the Visual Arts Department. Stone sculpture of a flat fish exhibited first as part of the artist's degree exhibition. Commissioned by Northumbria University.
Site Name
Northumbria University, 'Flat Fish'
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
HER Number
11001
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 146-7
YEAR1
2008