The Midhurst Handshake
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Location
| Street: | North Street / Easebourne Lane |
| Town: | Midhurst |
| Parish: | Easebourne / Midhurst |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU29 |
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| Object setting: | On building |
| and in: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Inside wall, north side of the bridge over the River Rother. |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 59 |
| Grid reference: | H8 |
| 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
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General Information
| Construction period: | 1826 |
| Installation date: | 1826 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Chichester District Council |
| Description: | Facing north, a long rectangular stone in the centre of the bridge parapet with the names of the parishes of Easebourne and Midhurst either side of a bas-relief of two clasped hands. |
| Signatures: | Date stone underneath bas-relief inscribed:
1826 |
| Inscription: | EASEBOURNE MIDHURST PARISH PARISH |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Commemorative, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Marker |
| Object subtype1: | Date stone |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Object type3: | Relief |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Panel |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 28 |
| Width (cm): | 182 |
| Depth (cm): | 2 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Fair |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Previous treatments |
| More details: | Evidence of previous repairs. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Cracked through the middle. Date stone is half buried under tarmac laid to bridge surface. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 02/04/2008 |
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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 |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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