The Look Out
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Location
| Street: | Chapel Street |
| Town: | Newhaven |
| Parish: | Newhaven |
| Council: | Lewes District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN9 |
| Location on Google Map | |
| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | In the middle of the road, junction of Chapel Street and Fort Road. |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 149 |
| Grid reference: | K5 |
| 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 : | GW Ironworks |
| Role: | Metal worker |
| Name : | Darren Woodley |
| Role: | Designer |
| Name : | Carol Havard |
| Role: | Artist |
| Qualify: | with |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Funded by Awards for All lottery grant of £4,800 |
| Commissioned also by: | South Downs Council for Voluntary Service & Newhaven Town Council |
| Construction period: | 2006 |
| Unveiling date: | 01/07/2006 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Newhaven Town Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Faces north west. An 'open' male figure on 'look out' standing in a depiction of a boat. The structure stands on a square plinth, the sides of which are decorated in a pictorial mosaic with various maritime motifs. The whole is on a traffic island surrounded by a low perimeter fence. |
| Iconographical description: | The design reflects the town’s maritime history. |
| Inscription: | The ‘Look Out’ was designed by Darren Woodley (aged 12) Manufactured by GW Ironworks. With thanks to:- Newhaven Town Council, South Downs CVS, NCDA, Travis Perkins, Tideway School, Newhaven Fort and Awards for All. Unveiled by Mayor Rod Main on Saturday 1st July 2006 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Free Standing, Composite |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Galvanised steel |
| Height (cm): | 350 |
| Width (cm): | 165 |
| Depth (cm): | 100 |
| Part 2: | Perimeter fence |
| Material: | Galvanised steel |
| Height (cm): | 72 |
| Width (cm): | 300 |
| Depth (cm): | 302 |
| Part 3: | Pedestal |
| Material: | Concrete with pictorial mosaic |
| Height (cm): | 46 |
| Width (cm): | 157 |
| Depth (cm): | 157 |
| Part 4: | Base |
| Material: | Paving slabs |
| Height (cm): | 15 |
| Width (cm): | 270 |
| Depth (cm): | 270 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| Condition 2: | Previous treatments |
| More details: | Grouting on base eroding. Rough, previous repairs evident. Paint on upper part of pedestal almost completely peeled away. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 09/02/2008 |
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History
| History: | ‘Newhaven Sculpture Project
On Saturday 1st July, Newhaven celebrated the unveiling of the new sculpture in Fort Road with a mini youth music festival on the West Quay. This project was truly ‘made in Newhaven’ as the design idea came from a local young person, the mosaic plinth was created by local people and the sculpture was manufactured by a local people and the sculpture was manufactured by a local industry. Jackie Blackwell from SDCVS came up with the idea as a way of encouraging young people to participate in the regeneration of their town. The project was funded by Awards for All and developed in partnership with Newhaven Town Council, GW Ironworks, NCDA and the YDS.’ (‘South Downs View’, the newsletter of South Downs Council for Voluntary Service) ‘New Sculpture Unveiled The winning sculpture in the recent design competition for young people was unveiled by the Mayor on Saturday 1st July in its new permanent home at the junction of Chapel Street and Fort Road. The unveiling was the climax of a special festival for young people called “Exposed”. The Mayor, Councillor Rod Main, led a lively parade around the sculpture, followed by people putting into practice some of the steps learned during a samba workshop held to celebrate the occasion. The sculpture was designed by Tideway school pupil Darren Woodley who won the competition to design a sculpture to reflect the town’s maritime history. There were eleven entries in all from local young people, many of which were of a very high standard. Local residents were invited to choose their favourite, and over 100 people came to the Town Council offices to register their choice. Darren and his friend Craig Marsom helped local firm G W Ironworks to turn his winning design into reality. The sculpture is a striking abstract form of a figure in a boat, or possibly a crows nest, constructed in heavy gauge steel. Many local people, both young and old, helped to make the mosaic plinth for the sculpture at a series of workshops led by local artist Carol Havard, including one at the Fish Festival at the end of May. The site for the sculpture had become available after the town’s war memorial was moved to the Memorial Gardens site at South Way to join the Canadian and Maritime Memorials there. The whole event, from the cost of the sculpture itself to the workshops supporting it and the festival event on 1st July, was funded by an Awards for All lottery grant of £4,800. The winning design had to be approved by the highways authority to make sure that it wouldn’t obscure the views of drivers at such a busy road junction. It is for this reason that the sculpture is high up on a plinth. The project was co-ordinated by Jackie Blackwell of South Downs Council for Voluntary Service. Partners in the project were Newhaven Town Council, Newhaven Community Development Association, Art Techniques, G W Ironworks, Topps Tiles, Tideway School, Newhaven Historical Society, Newhaven Fort, Youth Development Services and Starfish Youth Music’. (Newhaven Town Council Newsletter, Issue 3, July 2006) |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | South Downs View: the newsletter of South Downs Council for Voluntary Service |
| Article: | 79 |
| Type: | Newspaper |
| Page: | 1 |
| Publisher: | South Downs Council for Voluntary Service. Lewes. |
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| Title: | Newhaven Town Council Newsletter |
| Article: | 3 |
| Type: | Newspaper |
| Publisher: | Newhaven Town Council. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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