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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