Weir Tree
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Location
| Street: | Holmsdale Gardens |
| Town: | Hastings |
| Parish: | Hastings |
| Council: | Hastings Borough Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN34 |
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| Object setting: | Public Park |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | At the ponds in Summerfields Woods |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 127 |
| Grid reference: | L6 |
| 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. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ809097 |
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Makers
| Name : | Joc Hare |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Hastings Borough Council |
| Commissioned also by: | Greenspace Project |
| Construction period: | 2003 |
| Installation date: | 2003 |
| Unveiling date: | 2003 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Hastings Borough Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | The Weir Tree is an oak tree cut in lengthways strips. The water flows through it from one pond, as in a normal weir and drops waterfall-like a foot or so into another pond. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Functional |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Object type2: | Landscape |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | 5 parallel panels |
| Material: | Wood |
| Height (cm): | 46 |
| Width (cm): | 638 |
| Depth (cm): | 36 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 18/10/2007 |
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History
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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