Meridian marker
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Location
| Street: | Fletching Common Road |
| Town: | Chailey |
| Parish: | Chailey |
| Council: | Lewes District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN8 |
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| Object setting: | Public Park |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Along the path to the right from Lane End Common car park |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 51 |
| Grid reference: | G8 |
| 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. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ392193 |
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Makers
| Name : | Percival Bridgman |
| Role: | Stonemason |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Ivor Grantham Esq, Lord of the Manor of Balneth (now known as Balneath) |
| Installation date: | 1953 |
| Unveiling date: | 10/10/1953 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Lewes District Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A stone hemisphere atop a square inscribed pedestal. Through the centre of the stone hemisphere runs a copper inset line marking the Greenwich meridian where it crosses the Manor of Balneth. |
| Inscription: | 1953 THIS STONE HAS BEEN ERECTED ON LANE END COMMON IN THE PARISH OF CHAILEY NEAR THE CENTRE OF SUSSEX 159 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL TO MARK THE POINT WHERE THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN CROSSES THE MANOR OF BALNETH |
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Classification
| Categories: | Commemorative, Functional, Free Standing |
| Object type1: | Marker |
| Object subtype1: | Indicator |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole marker |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 130 |
| Width (cm): | 60 |
| Depth (cm): | 60 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Small chip over the final 'S' of the word 'CROSSES' in the inscription. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Vandalism |
| Condition 1: | Graffiti |
| Condition 2: | Surface damage |
| More details: | Carved graffiti on the stone hemisphere. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/08/2008 |
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History
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
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Photographs
Date: 07/02/2008 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 07/02/2008 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 07/02/2008 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 07/02/2008 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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