Jubilee Sundial
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Location
| Street: | West Parade |
| Town: | Bexhill on Sea |
| Parish: | Bexhill on Sea |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN39 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | On the Promenade just before the Putting Green |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 145 |
| Grid reference: | J2 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Company/Group : | Beautiful Driveways Ltd., Bexhill-on-Sea. |
| Role: | Builder |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Rotary Clubs of Bexhill and SENLAC |
| Installation date: | 2002 |
| Unveiling date: | 2002 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Rother District Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A raised analemmatic sundial with a concrete and render retaining wall that is infilled with concrete and pea shingle. Graduates all the way around the perimeter with metal bars and plaques inscribed with numbers are set into the concrete and pea shingle.. Two small metal plaques are to the south on top of the dial. |
| Inscription: | THIS SUNDIAL WAS PRESENTED JOINTLY BY THE ROTARY CLUBS OF BEXHILL AND SENLAC IN CELEBRATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLDEN JUBILEE 2002 Smaller metal plaque to south side inscribed: Surfacing supplied by BEAUTIFUL DRIVEWAYS LTD. PO Box 135, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. TN39 4XZ Phone 01424 733474 or www.beautiful-driveways.co.uk |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Sundial |
| Material: | Brick and concrete |
| Height (cm): | 35 |
| Width (cm): | 600 |
| Depth (cm): | 400 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Concrete render chipped all the way around the retaining wall. |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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