Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Chookie Burdies Photograph

Region ID

GW

Work ID

358

Manual Reference

AN/068

Title

Chookie Burdies

Sculptor

Kinloch, Shona

Architect

Page & Park

Date of design

1993

Year of unveiling

c.1993

Unveiling details

Road

Hill Street / Scott Street / Garnethill Street / Garnet Street / West Graham Street

Precise Location

Various streets, on top of lamp posts and lamps affixed to buildings

A to Z Ref

35 J16

OS Ref

Postcode

G3

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

Don't know

Duty of Care

Glasgow City Council

Commissioned by

Glasgow District Council

Notes

Commissioned by Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Regional Council, the sculptor worked with the architects Page & Park to devise a lighting scheme for an area between Garnethill and St. George's Road which avoids both the cliches of mock Victoriana and the dullness of modern uniformity. There are approximately 150 pairs of birds on top of lampposts (and lights affixed to buildings) throughout the Garnethill area, each positioned individually by the sculptor. (1) Some of the lampposts have metal inscription plaques affixed to their lower half recording the details of the project. These feature a relief of a bird, an inscription and the symbols of Glasgow city Council and Strathclyde Regional Council

Single or paired birds on lampposts

circa

c.

raw year

1993

Condition

Good

At risk

Not at risk

Inscriptions

In intaglio lettering on lamppost: GARNETHILL On metal plaque affixed to selected lamp posts, in intaglio lettering: THE GARNETHILL LIGHTING SCHEME / A JOINT PROJECT BY / THE GLASGOW DEVELOPMENT AGENCY / AND STRATHCLYDE REGIONAL COUNCIL / 1993

Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Birds

Aluminium

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character

Detail

Comment

No damage

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Comment

None

Vandalism

Vandalism

Comment

None