Broad Chare, 'Give and Take'

HER Number

11012

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Broad Chare, 'Give and Take'

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

21ST CENTURY

Specific Period

21st Century 2001 to 2100

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

2004 by Peter Randall-Page. A 40 ton granite glacial boulder carved with a matrix of 630 hexagons and 12 pentagons. The work is sited within concentric circles surrounded by a thin film of water representing the Pandon Burn. Commissioned by Silverlink Properties.

Easting

425390

Northing

564030

Grid Reference

NZ425390564030

Sources

Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p 128-9