Roman Views
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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, facing south west into the Roman Courtyard |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| 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 : | Alexandra Le Rossignol |
| Role: | Artist |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | The windows were donated by Art for St. Richard’s |
| Construction period: | 1990s |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A series of five stained glass windows set into one long corridor that overlooks the hospital's Roman Courtyard. |
| Iconographical description: | The stained glass references the Roman Courtyard onto which it faces. The courtyard itself makes reference to the Roman Villa at Fishbourne. The windows depict wild flowers such as poppies and thrift and herbs that were used medicinally such as rosemary, fennel and sage. Other windows reflect the use of Fishbourne harbour by the Romans with a depiction of a curlew, a common bird on the harbour mudflats. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Composite, Commemorative, Architectural, Functional |
| Object type1: | Building |
| Subject type1: | Pictorial |
| Subject subtype1: | Group |
| Subject type2: | Figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Windows 1&5 (L-R) |
| Material: | Stained glass |
| Height (cm): | 173 |
| Width (cm): | 335 |
| Part 2: | Windows 2-4 (L-R) |
| Material: | Stained glass |
| Height (cm): | 173 |
| Width (cm): | 447 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
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Photographs
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