Water Sports Association Building, 'Sundial'

HER Number

11013

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Water Sports Association Building, 'Sundial'

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

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

1999 by Helen Laws and Jane Gower. A perspex sculpture on the gable end of the building. Based on the idea of a sundial and incorporating images of navigational instruments. Commissioned by Art on the Riverside.

Easting

426500

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ426500564000

Sources

Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet)