Newcastle, Broad Chare, 'Give and Take'

HER Number:
11012

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Broad Chare, 'Give and Take'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C21

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:
2539

Northing:
6403

Grid Reference:
NZ25396403

Lats/Lons:

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