Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

The Mansion (architectural sculpture), Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham Hill Rd. Photograph

Region ID

CL

Work ID

902

Manual Reference

CLLMSS26

Type

Coat of Arms

Title

The Mansion (architectural sculpture), Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham Hill Rd.

Other

Coade (?)

Date of design

1720s(?)

Year of unveiling

Unveiling details

Road

Beckenham Hill Rd.

Precise Location

The Mansion, Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham Hill Rd. (pediment of entrance)

A to Z Ref

6D 112

OS Ref

Postcode

BR3

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

II*

Duty of Care

Lewisham Borough

Commissioned by

John Cator

Notes

Shield with Cator (?) arms. Crest: head of lion facing left. Framed by palm fronds. Banner below. Further info: Hal Mitchell, Treasurer, Friends of Beckenham Place Park, 15, Grey Cot Rd., Beckenham, Kent BR3 1TA, tel. 020 8325 8781.

circa

raw year

Condition

Fair

At risk

No known risk

Inscriptions

Incised in banner: NIHIL SINE LABORE

Signatures

On right end of banner: COADE

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Coat of arms

Cream coade stone

250 x 400

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character

Detail

Comment

Abrasions, cracks, splits

Surface spalling, crumbling

Other

Dirty

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Comment

Broken, missing parts

one palm broken

Vandalism: nothing recorded