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 |
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| 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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