Cumberland Arms, 'Seats with a View'
Cumberland Arms, 'Seats with a View'
HER Number
11016
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Cumberland Arms, 'Seats with a View'
Place
Ouseburn
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
By Bridget Jones, David Edwick and Tim Kendall. A circle of seats and stone blocks telling story fragments by Chris Bostock and Malcolm Green, storytellers based at the Cumberland Arms. Sword dancers and fiddle players also based at the pub, suggested the motifs which were carved onto the stone blocks. Flowers are carved into the seats and there is a standing stone inscribed 'The Grassy Hill'. Commissioned by the Ouseburn Art Project.
Easting
426420
Northing
564620
Grid Reference
NZ426420564620
Sources
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet)