Gateway to High Street
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Location
| Street: | High Street |
| Town: | Crawley |
| Parish: | Crawley |
| Council: | Crawley Borough Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH10 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | North end of High Street at the junction with Orchard Street |
| 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
| Company/Group : | Chrysalis Arts Ltd. |
| Role: | Sculptor |
| Company/Group : | Colas Ltd. |
| Role: | Builder |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council |
| Installation date: | 1999 |
| Unveiling date: | 11/12/1999 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Crawley Borough Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Five curvilinear steel frames on each side of the road forming a low gateway to the regenerated area of High Street. Each section contains outline cut pictorial elements painted with blue enamel. The sections stand in a heavily planted base and recede in height towards the north. |
| Signatures: | Plaque attached to each section, bottom right:
CHRYSALIS ARTS LTD THE ART DEPOT, ASQUITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ESHTON ROAD, GARGRAVE, NORTH YORKSHIRE BD23 3SE |
| Inscription: | HIGH STREET Bronze plaque attached to a low, planted wall opposite the Golden Tree sculpture at the south end of High Street: HIGH STREET CONSERVATION AREA IMPROVEMENTS Opened 11th December 1999 by David Dewdney – Chairman Highways And Transport Committee West Sussex County Council and Councillor Brenda Smith – Chair Environment Committee Crawley Borough Council Jointly Funded and Designed By West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council Public Artwork – Chrysalis Arts Ltd Main Contractor – Colas Ltd |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional, Free Standing, Composite, Roadside / Wayside, Architectural, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Building |
| Object subtype1: | Gate(way) |
| Subject type1: | Pictorial |
| Subject subtype1: | Group |
| Subject type2: | Figurative |
| Subject type3: | Symbolic |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Tallest section |
| Material: | Hand cut and painted steel plate |
| Height (cm): | 285 |
| Width (cm): | 125 |
| Depth (cm): | 9 |
| Part 2: | Shortest section |
| Material: | Hand cut and painted steel plate |
| Height (cm): | 125 |
| Width (cm): | 125 |
| Depth (cm): | 9 |
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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
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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