Starting Line and Finishing Line
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Location
| Street: | De La Warr Parade |
| Town: | Bexhill on Sea |
| Parish: | Bexhill on Sea |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN40 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Starting Line next to Galley Hill; Finishing Line: opposite Normanhurst Hotel |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 145 |
| Grid reference: | L2 |
| 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
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General Information
| Installation date: | 1994 |
| Unveiling date: | 28/09/1994 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Rother District Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Metal plaques set into two rough hewn red granite boulders at the beginning and end of the route of the First International Motor Race Meeting in Great Britain. The Finishing Line stone is set on a sloping raised concrete plinth, the Starting Line set in a flat concrete area. |
| Inscription: | STARTING LINE - 1902 COMMEMORATING BEXHILL-ON-SEA AS THE VENUE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE MEETING IN GREAT BRITAIN UNVEILED BY COUNCILLOR IVOR A BRAMPTON DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF EAST SUSSEX 28TH SEPTEMBER 1994 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Commemorative, Roadside / Wayside |
| Object type1: | Marker |
| Object subtype1: | Commemorative stone |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Finishing Line base |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Height (cm): | 8 |
| Width (cm): | 189 |
| Depth (cm): | 196 |
| Part 2: | Finishing Line stone |
| Material: | Red granite (rough hewn) |
| Height (cm): | 87 |
| Width (cm): | 89 |
| Depth (cm): | 71 |
| Part 3: | Starting Line stone |
| Material: | Red granite (rough hewn) |
| Height (cm): | 66 |
| Width (cm): | 55 |
| Depth (cm): | 53 |
| Part 4: | Starting Line Base area |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Height (cm): | 1 |
| Width (cm): | 110 |
| Depth (cm): | 142 |
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Object Condition
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Serious crack to concrete base of Finishing Line. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/09/2007 |
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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 |
 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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