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
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