Statue of Alf Pegler
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Location
| Street: | The Boulevard |
| Town: | Crawley |
| Parish: | Crawley |
| Council: | Crawley Borough Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH10 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Foyer of Crawley Town Hall |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 10 |
| Grid reference: | G6 |
| 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 : | David Cornell |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Crawley Borough Council |
| Installation date: | 1999 |
| Unveiling date: | 15/05/1999 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Crawley Borough Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Bronze portrait bust of Councillor Alf Pegler set on a large upright square plinth. |
| Signatures: | Underneath left shoulder of bust:
David Cornell Sc. |
| Inscription: | Cllr. A E PEGLER OBE. DL. 1924 – 1996 Underneath right shoulder of bust: ALF PEGLER OBE. DL On the front of the plinth is a framed information sheet about Pegler’s career. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Commemorative, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Bust |
| Subject type2: | Portrait |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Bust |
| Material: | Bronze with integral wooden base |
| Height (cm): | 65 |
| Width (cm): | 55 |
| Depth (cm): | 30 |
| Part 2: | Plinth |
| Material: | Wood |
| Height (cm): | 120 |
| Width (cm): | 81 |
| Depth (cm): | 97 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 22/01/2008 |
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History
| History: | On the front of the plinth is a framed information sheet about Pegler’s career:
Unveiled Saturday 15 May 1999 by the Mayor of Crawley Borough Council and members of Alf Pegler’s family. Pegler was first elected to the council in 1956 and became its Chairman in 1959. He served as Leader of the Council for eighteen years and was Mayor from 1982 – 1984. It was for his services to housing that he was given an OBE. He was also a member of the West Sussex County Council from 1958 and was made a Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex in 1982. At various times he also served on the Sussex Police Authority, the Mid Downs Health Authority and Crawley Horsham Health Trust. He was made a Freeman of the Borough in May 1995. Pegler was widely known as ‘Mr. Crawley’.(Edited) |
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Photographs
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