The Spirit of Rye
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Location
Street: | Strand Quay |
Town: | Rye |
Parish: | Rye |
Council: | Rother District Council |
County: | East Sussex |
Postcode: | TN31 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | By Strand Quay on the Winchelsea Road roundabout. |
In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
Page: | 86 |
Grid reference: | F3 |
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 : | Ron Dellar |
Role: | Designer |
Company/Group : | Students of Hastings College |
Role: | Builder |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | Rother Environmental Group & Rye Conservation Society |
Construction period: | 2000 |
Installation date: | 2000 |
Unveiling date: | 2000 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Rye Town Council |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Signatures: | Names carved into various bricks:
GARY. D. 99 DYLAN. P. PERCY ELDRIDGE DAZ POOLEY |
Inscription: | THE SPIRIT OF RYE / Designed by Ron Dellar / Erected by Students of the Hastings College of Arts and Technology / Sponsored by Rother Environmental Group & Rye Conservation Society / 2000 AD |
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Classification
Categories: | Sculptural, Roadside / Wayside, Commemorative, Composite, Architectural |
Object type1: | Building |
Object type2: | Relief |
Object type3: | Sculpture |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject type2: | Allegorical |
Subject subtype1: | Head |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Wall |
Material: | Red brick |
Height (cm): | 200 |
Width (cm): | 835 |
Depth (cm): | 75 |
Part 2: | Relief |
Material: | Stone |
Height (cm): | 75 |
Width (cm): | 260 |
Depth (cm): | 2 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Date of on-site inspection: | 09/05/2008 |
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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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