Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Stone Benches Photograph

Region ID

UEL

Work ID

231

Manual Reference

BK012

Type

Sculpture

Title

Stone Benches

Sculptor

Gray, Harry

Date of design

Year of unveiling

Unveiling details

Road

Town Quay

Precise Location

On grass area between Town Quay and Abbey Road, near the Old Granary

A to Z Ref

67 1F

OS Ref

TQ439838

Postcode

IG11

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

Not listed

Duty of Care

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Commissioned by

Notes

Set of three stone benches placed regularly as segments of a circle, approximately 450cm apart. The inside faces contain the inscriptions and low relief carvings and patterns. [The radius of the vertical faces of the stones is greater than the radius of the circle on which they are set]. Each stands on a narrow brick surround.

circa

raw year

Condition

Good

At risk

No known risk

Inscriptions

Bench facing west:

Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Three stone benches

Stone set in brick surround

Each: 59cm high x 323cm wide x 79cm deep

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character: nothing recorded

Structural Condition: nothing recorded

Vandalism: nothing recorded