Family Group
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Location
Street: | The Broadway |
Town: | Crawley |
Parish: | Crawley |
Council: | Crawley Borough Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | RH10 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | On building |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Above the entrance to T.J. Hughes |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 10 |
Grid reference: | F6 |
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 : | Richard Browne |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Installation date: | 1959 |
Unveiling date: | 1959 |
Work is: | Extant |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | A family group of a man, woman and child, facing east, high up on the wall of T.J. Hughes. |
Iconographical description: | The sculpture was erected to symbolise the enlarged community. |
Inscription: | CRAWLEY ARTS COUNCIL THE ABOVE SCULPTURE, ‘FAMILY GROUP’ ERECTED IN 1959 AS A SYMBOL OF CRAWLEY NEW TOWN, IS BY SUSSEX SCULPTOR RICHARD BROWNE (1921 – 1990) AWARDS FOR ALL |
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Classification
Categories: | Commemorative, Architectural, Sculptural |
Object type1: | Statue |
Object type2: | Sculpture |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject subtype1: | Group |
Subject type2: | Symbolic |
Subject subtype1: | Group |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Sculpture |
Material: | Bronze |
Height (cm): | 200 |
Width (cm): | 150 |
Depth (cm): | 50 |
Part 2: | Back slab |
Material: | Concrete |
Height (cm): | 300 |
Width (cm): | 200 |
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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: | The building was originally the Co-op Building. In 1947 Crawley was designated a ‘New Town’. The population was 9,500. When the population had grown to over 50,000 in 1959, the sculpture was erected to symbolise the enlarged community. |
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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 |
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