Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Family Group, Bermondsey Health Centre, Grange Rd. Photograph

Region ID

CL

Work ID

1091

Manual Reference

CLSK14

Title

Family Group, Bermondsey Health Centre, Grange Rd.

Date of design

c. 1936

Year of unveiling

Unveiling details

Road

Grange Rd.

Precise Location

Bermondsey Health Centre, 1936, by H. Tansley, on the south side of the road, opposite Alscot Road. In the upper part of the front elevation

A to Z Ref

OS Ref

Postcode

SE1

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

Don't know

Duty of Care

Commissioned by

Notes

The relief is shaped to the group represented. A standing mother, semi-draped with bare breast, carries a baby on her right arm, whilst resting her left hand on the head of a child standing at her left side.

circa

raw year

Condition

Good

At risk

No known risk

Inscriptions

Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Relief

Stone

c. 230 x 45

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character: nothing recorded

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Comment

Cracks, splits, breaks, holes

a horizontal split across the mother’s head - perhaps a join in the blocks - is very distinct

Vandalism: nothing recorded