Taking a Stone for a Walk
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Location
| Street: | Lower Parade |
| Town: | Eastbourne |
| Parish: | Eastbourne |
| Council: | Eastbourne Borough Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN21 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Between the Bandstand and the Lifeboat Museum |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 160 |
| Grid reference: | D2 |
| 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 : | Participants from The Bourne Centre |
| Role: | Designer |
| Name : | Jackie Brown |
| Role: | Sculptor |
| Qualify: | with |
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General Information
| Construction period: | December 2000 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Eastbourne Borough Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Four curving white granite uprights. Incisions made into the granite with moveable granite balls set inside. The south facing upright to the West has horizontal incisions. The upright to the East has a vertical incision. On the north face, the stone on the east hast a cruciform incision. The sculpture is set in a circular pebbled area that has a spiral motif. There is an inscribed stone tablet set on a low brick wall to the east side of the sculpture. |
| Inscription: | TAKING A STONE FOR A WALK BY JACKIE BROWN AND PARTICIPANTS FROM THE BOURNE CENTRE DECEMBER 2000 A SCULPTURE CELEBRATING WALKING AS PART OF THE PATHWAY TO HEALTH WALK PROJECT |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Abstract |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | East side uprights |
| Material: | Granite |
| Height (cm): | 115 |
| Width (cm): | 50 |
| Depth (cm): | 50 |
| Part 2: | Base |
| Material: | Pebbles set in concrete |
| Height (cm): | 5 |
| Width (cm): | 205 |
| Depth (cm): | 205 |
| Part 3: | West side uprights |
| Material: | Granite |
| Height (cm): | 130 |
| Width (cm): | 55 |
| Depth (cm): | 50 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Vandalism |
| Condition 1: | Graffiti |
| More details: | Some graffiti to the top of the inscribed stone tablet. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/07/2007 |
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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 |
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