Two waymarkers
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Location
| Street: | Old Shoreham Road |
| Town: | Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Parish: | Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Council: | Adur District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN43 |
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| Object setting: | Outside building |
| and in: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Entrance to Ropetackle Development |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 151 |
| Grid reference: | H6 |
| 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
| Name : | Jon Mills |
| Role: | Sculptor |
| Name : | Steve Geliot |
| Company/Group : | PRC Fewster: Adrian Morton |
| Role: | Landscape Architect |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Adur District Council, Berkley Homes, PRC Fewster; |
| Commissioned also by: | Arts Council England SE, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA); |
| Construction period: | 2004-2005 |
| Installation date: | 2005 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Adur District Council / Berkeley Homes |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Two signposts marking the entrance to the Ropetackle development of 180 new homes. And commercial premises |
| Iconographical description: | Mills was …’interested in the geology of the site and its social history.’ Waymarkers reference…’fossils and land strata as well as mechanical and rope elements.’. (Art by the River) |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Free Standing, Functional, Roadside / Wayside |
| Object type1: | Marker |
| Object subtype1: | Post |
| Object type2: | Street furniture |
| Object subtype1: | Post |
| Subject type1: | Symbolic |
| Subject type2: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Waymarker 2 |
| Material: | Painted metal |
| Height (cm): | 500 |
| Part 2: | Waymarker 1 |
| Material: | Painted metal, wood, rope |
| Height (cm): | 270 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 04/01/2008 |
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History
| History: | Commissioned by: Adur District Council, Berkley Homes, PRC Fewster; South East England Development Agency (SEEDA); Arts Council England SE (contributed £23,500, added to money assigned by Berkley Homes).
'Metal sculptor Jon Mills was interested in the geology of the site and its social history as a port. He has created two sculptural Waymarkers for the entrance to Ropetackle, referencing fossils and land strata, as well as mechanical and rope elements reminiscent of boat paraphernalia. ''I enjoy juxtaposing contradictory motifs in sculpture, especially man-made and natural forms, in order to create a sense of irony.'' ('Sculpture at ropetackle') |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf |
| Type: | Archive |
| Publisher: | Adur District Council |
| Source 2 : | |
| Title: | http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf |
| Type: | Archive |
| Publisher: | Adur District Council |
Further information: | |
| http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf#http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf# | |
| http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf#http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf# | |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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