Ocean Road, lion statue

HER Number

10938

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Ocean Road, lion statue

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

C19 sculpture outside the museum. Artist unknown. Original part of the Golden Lion Public House on Ocean Road, located in the pedestal above the front door. The pub was demolished in April 1973 but the lion was kept. Stone lion (possibly Coade stone), lying down with paws in front, around 1m high on a stone pedestal 1.4m high, 1.77m wide and 70cm deep. It was painted gold when it was first erected. LOCAL LIST

Easting

436460

Northing

567290

Grid Reference

NZ436460567290

Sources

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 173-4; South Tyneside Council, 2011, Locally Significant Heritage Assets SPD 21: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/28/SS; Caroline Barnsley, date unknown, South Shields Through the Ages