Summerhill, statue of Guiseppe Garibaldi

HER Number

7437

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Summerhill, statue of Guiseppe Garibaldi

Place

Stella

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

Commemorative Monument

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Joseph Cowen erected a statue of Garibaldi beside the Widdrington's summerhouse in 1867, in honour of the Italian patriot's visit to Tyneside in 1854. It stood about 7ft tall. It was sculpted by Burn of Newcastle. The statue collapsed at the turn of this century. The head is on display in Blaydon Library and the body of the statue was discovered in a local allotment. The legs are now located at St. Joseph's RC Primary School, Croftdale Road, Blaydon. LOCAL LIST

Easting

417680

Northing

563510

Grid Reference

NZ417680563510

Sources

Gateshead Council Local List; T. Yellowley, 1986, Stella and Blaydon Burn; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 53-4