Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Ram and Magpie Photograph
Region ID | UEL | |
Work ID | 282 | |
Manual Reference | TH147 | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Ram and Magpie | |
Sculptor | Haughney, Paula | |
Date of design | Winter 1995-June 1996 | |
Year of unveiling | 1996 | |
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Buxton Street | |
Precise Location | Allen Gardens Playground opposite St Anne's RC Primary School | |
A to Z Ref | 60 7E | |
OS Ref | ||
Postcode | E1 | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | |
Commissioned by | Bethnal Green City Challenge | |
Notes | ||
Carved ram sitting with a magpie, with wings outstretched, on its left shoulder. | ||
The name comes from a public house, the Ram and Magpie, which stood here. It was commissioned as part of the Bethnal Green City Challenge. Carved on site from a nine ton block of limestone between May-June 1996. Close to Spitalfields Farm which made the sculptress think it a fitting theme for the area. | ||
Commemorates a public house which stood on this site around 1916. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1996 | |
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | ||
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Whole work | Portland limestone | 150cm high x 200cm wide x 150cm deep |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character: nothing recorded Structural Condition: nothing recordedVandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
Graffiti | Badly scribbled on. Blue daub of paint on magpie. Eyes, nose, mouth of ram painted in blue |
