Sundial
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Location
Street: | West Street |
Town: | Ditchling |
Parish: | Ditchling |
Council: | Lewes District Council |
County: | East Sussex |
Postcode: | BN6 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Religious |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | In the churchyard of St. Margaret of Antioch Church |
In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
Page: | 90 |
Grid reference: | E4 |
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. | |
Previous location: | Garden of the Rangers House in The Royal Park. |
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Makers
Name : | Joseph Cribb |
Role: | Letter carver |
Name : | Eric Gill |
Role: | Letter carver |
Qualify: | assisted by |
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General Information
Construction period: | 1911 |
Installation date: | 1911 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | St. Margaret of Antioch Church |
Description: | A short, rectangular, columnar sundial inscribed on all four sides, set on a chamfered base. The four corner edges of the sundial are bevelled. A bronze sundial plate is set in the top. |
Inscription: | ERECTED.IN. COMMEMOR- ATION.OF.THE CORONATION OF.KING GEORGE.V. 57th.MONARCH OF.ENGLAND A.D.1911 North face, carved letters, underneath an encircled cross: THIS.CHURCH DEDICATED TO.SAINT MARGARET A.D. 90 East face, carved letters: THIS.DIAL WAS.ORIG INALLY.IN THE.GAR- DEN.OF.THE RANGER'S HOUSE.IN THE.ROYAL PARK West face, carved letters: ALFRED THE.GREAT LORD.OF THE.MANOR A.D.871 |
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Classification
Categories: | Functional, Free Standing, Commemorative |
Object type1: | Street furniture |
Object type2: | Shaft |
Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Base |
Material: | Roman stone |
Height (cm): | 5 |
Width (cm): | 50 |
Depth (cm): | 45 |
Part 2: | Sundial |
Material: | Roman stone |
Height (cm): | 75 |
Width (cm): | 30 |
Depth (cm): | 23 |
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Object Condition
Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
Condition 2: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
More details: | The gnomon is missing from the sundial plate. The S.W. corner is chipped at the base of the column. |
Date of on-site inspection: | 18/09/2007 |
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History
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | 'Eric Gill and Ditchling: the workshop tradition' |
Type: | Book |
Author: | Cribb, Ruth & Joe. |
Page: | 74 |
Publisher: | Ditchling Museum. Ditchling. |
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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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