Worthing Spiral
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Location
Street: | Lyndhurst Road |
Town: | Worthing |
Parish: | Worthing |
Council: | Adur District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | BN11 |
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Object setting: | Outside building |
and in: | Garden |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Worthing Hospital: outside, to left of main entrance |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 171 |
Grid reference: | J1 |
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 : | Peter Randall-Page |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust |
Construction period: | 1997 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | Spiral shell form, with some cross hatching on surface, standing on a circular base, set within a small garden, approached by a winding gravel path |
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Classification
Categories: | Natural, Free Standing, Sculptural |
Object type1: | Sculpture |
Object type2: | Landscape |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Sculpture |
Material: | Pakistan Golden Limestone |
Height (cm): | 89 |
Width (cm): | 89 |
Depth (cm): | 89 |
Part 2: | Base |
Material: | Bodmin granite |
Height (cm): | 44.5 |
Width (cm): | 135 |
Depth (cm): | 133.5 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Fair |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Date of on-site inspection: | 06/03/2008 |
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History
History: | The commission also included two benches, designed by Steve Gelliot, set in the garden. These disappeared between late summer 2007 and March 2008.
(Peter Randall-Page Catalogue Raisonne, no 153) |
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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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