Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Development

Region ID

EM

Work ID

172

Manual Reference

LE117TCBMAY

Title

Development

Sculptor

Clarke, Geoffrey

Date of design

c.1974

Year of unveiling

1974

Unveiling details

Monday 24 June 1974

Road

East Avenue

Precise Location

St. John the Baptist Church of England Primary School

A to Z Ref

29 E5 (1)

OS Ref

SK602027

Postcode

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

Not listed

Duty of Care

John the Baptist Church of England Primary School

Commissioned by

Notes

Outside the entrance to the right, a free-standing sculpture among the shrubbery; on a rectiliner frame, winding round the righthand upright and horizontal bar, a streamer ending in a cross. Iconographical: 'The philosophy behind the piece of sculpture is one of the developing child gaining support and guidance by entwining itself around the established structure of education, which is represented by the three sides of the square firmly implanted into the ground. From the growing plant breaks the first bloom, which rises above the framework and can be accepted as a Christian symbol' (2)

circa

raw year

1974

Condition

Good

At risk

Not at risk

Inscriptions

None visible

Signatures

None visible

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Sculpture

Cast Aluminium

h. 165; w. 135; d. 61

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character

Detail

Comment

Bird guano

Biological growth

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Comment

None

Vandalism

Vandalism

Comment

None