Eos
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Location
| Street: | Pashley Road |
| Town: | Ticehurst |
| Parish: | Ticehurst, Flimwell and Stonegate |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN5 7HE |
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| Object setting: | Garden |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | In the Victorian Greenhouse, Pashley Manor Gardens |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 42 |
| Grid reference: | C3 |
| 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 : | Neal French |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Purchased by Mr. & Mrs. James Sellick, Pashley Manor Gardens |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Mr. & Mrs. James Sellick, Pashley Manor Gardens |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A 'loose-featured' female figure with right arm extended around the back of the head and left arm extended over the top of the head. |
| Iconographical description: | Eos is, in Greek mythology, the Titanic goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the Ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the sun. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Free Standing |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
| Subject type2: | Mythological |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Statue (including integral base) |
| Material: | Pressmoulded terracotta |
| Height (cm): | 110 |
| Width (cm): | 38 |
| Depth (cm): | 26 |
| Part 2: | Plinth |
| Material: | Brick and stone |
| Height (cm): | 25 |
| Width (cm): | 45 |
| Depth (cm): | 45 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 18/09/2008 |
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History
| History: | Mr and Mrs James Sellick are the owners and inhabitants of Pashley Manor. The house has a Tudor front built in 1550 by Sir Thomas May, and a Queen Anne rear added in 1720. It is timber framed and Grade I listed. It is set in 11 acres of award winning gardens. The estate can be traced back to 1262, when the de Passele family built a moated manor and held the estate until 1453, when it was sold to the forebears of Anne Boleyn who used it as a hunting lodge. It is believed that Anne Boleyn stayed here as a child. The Boleyn family held the manor until the execution of Anne. The present owners, Mr and Mrs Sellick have been developing and replanting the gardens, with the advice of Antony du Gard Pasley, since 1981 and opened the gardens to the public in 1992. Evidence of gardening at Pashley has been found from the 16th Century and the park contains oak trees that are over 500 years old.
(Pashley Manor Gardens guidebook & website) |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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