Stone Garden
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Location
Street: | Church Walk |
Town: | Burgess Hill |
Parish: | Burgess Hill |
Council: | Mid Sussex District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | RH15 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Outside building |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | In between shops, opposite St. John's Church |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 94 |
Grid reference: | B5 |
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 : | Jane Sybilla Fordham |
Role: | Sculptor |
Name : | David Parfitt |
Role: | Sculptor |
Qualify: | with |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | Mid Sussex District Council |
Construction period: | 1995-1996 |
Installation date: | 1996 |
Unveiling date: | 1996 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Mid Sussex District Council |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | Composite sculpture landscape with a central oval shaped floral design sculpture surrounded by several low brick walls. Consisting of ten large tree and plant forms carved in bath stone, positioned within a 30 metre long ground scheme derived from knot work parterres. Located at Church Walk shopping precinct. Various other motifs / decorative stonework adorns the walls including small sculptural pieces embedded into the brick that were made by local residents in sculpture workshops run by the artists. |
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Classification
Categories: | Sculptural, Composite |
Object type1: | Sculpture |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject subtype1: | Group |
Subject type2: | Still-life |
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Object Parts
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Date of on-site inspection: | 28/02/2005 |
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History
History: | Officially opened by District Councillor Mrs. Anne Jones in 1996. |
Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
Further information: | |
http://www.janesybillafordham.com/ | |
http://www.creative-process.com/ | |
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Photographs
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