Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Scenes of the Old Kent Rd., Old Kent Rd. Photograph
Region ID | CL | |
Work ID | 1144 | |
Manual Reference | CLSK68 | |
Title | Scenes of the Old Kent Rd., Old Kent Rd. | |
Sculptor | Kossowski, Adam | |
Date of design | 1965 | |
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Unveiling details | ||
Road | Old Kent Rd. | |
Precise Location | Former North Peckham Civic Centre (library and public rooms), 600 Old Kent Road. On the Peckham Park Road and Old Kent Road frontages | |
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Postcode | SE15 | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
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Notes | ||
Three polychrome ceramic panels, one on the Peckham Park Road frontage; two on the Old Kent Road frontage. That on the Peckham Park Road represents the area in Roman times; that to the left of the main entrance on the Old Kent Road frontage represents medieval times and includes a quotation from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, referring to ‘St Thomas’ Watering-Place’, upon the site of which now stands the Victorian public house, The Thomas à Becket; the panel to the right of the entrance shows Jack Cade’s rebellion of 1450, Charles II, and a Pearly King and Queen in the twentieth century. | ||
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raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Within the panels: a. In the upper part of the panel to the left of the main Old Kent Road entrance, within a rectangle: AND OFF WE RODE AT SLIGH- / TLY FASTER PACE THAN / WALKING TO ST THOMAS’ / WATERING-PLACE; AND / THERE OUR HOST DREW / UP, BEGAN TO EASE HIS / HORSE, AND SAID ‘NOW / LISTEN IF YOU PLEASE, - b. In the panel to the right of the Old Kent Road entrance, towards the left-hand end: JACK CADE REBELLION [and towards the right-hand end:] CHARLES II | |
Signatures | On a plaque by the upper right-hand corner of the northernmost panel of the Old Kent Road frontage: ADAM / KOSSOWSKI / 1965 | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Three Reliefs | Polychrome earthenware | |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character: nothing recorded Structural Condition: nothing recordedVandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
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Graffiti | |
