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Staithes Loch Gates

Aycliffe Fabrications and Neil Canavan (b.1948)

Lord Nelson Street, South Shields, County Durham

Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
Staithes Loch Gates
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'Staithes Lock Gates' are a sculptural representation of lock gates, set at the entrance to a new residential estate close to the Port of Tyne. The sculpture comprises stone pillars with blue painted metal cogs to each side and blue-painted metal-framed wooden gates. The gates are made up of carved wooden panels, at the top, the words, 'WELCOME TO THE STAITHES' are engraved and in black across both gates. Each panel depicts scenes relating to the docks and shipyard industry of South Shields. The artist worked with local school children on the design and the wooden plaques with numbers and heritage symbolism for each of the new houses.
Title

Staithes Loch Gates

Date

2018

Medium

metal, paint, stone & wood

Accession number

DL14_EV_S022

Work type

Gateway

Owner

South Tyneside Council

Custodian

South Tyneside Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

July 2018

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at all times

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Located at

Lord Nelson Street, South Shields

NE33 5NG

Located in Tyne Dock, off Lord Nelson Street, the artwork is situated on a patch of grass adjacent to bungalows on the corner of the entrance to the new housing estate.