Sundial
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Location
| Street: | West Street |
| Town: | Ditchling |
| Parish: | Ditchling |
| Council: | Lewes District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN6 |
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| 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 |
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