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Title*

Stephen Fry, Lord Nelson and Edith Cavell
County Norfolk   District Council Norwich City Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Norwich  Town/Village* Norwich 
Road off Koblenz Avenue 
Precise Location Besides path leading to station 
OS Grid Ref TG238083  Postcode NR1 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Besides path, near bench  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Katy Hallett of Sustrans from designs by local pupils  Designer(s)   
Laser Process, Cannock  Metal worker(s)   

Commissioned by

 Norwich City Council and Sustrans 

Design & Constrn period

 2013 

Date of installing

 May 2013 

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Street furniture

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Cavell, Nelson, Fry  Corten Steel  Life-size 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Norwich City Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 The figures were chosen through a competition involving Sewell Park College, Open Academy and Angel Rd Junior School, based on the quality of their artwork and the reasons given for choosing the characters. Katy Hallett prepared the designs by local pupils Charlotte Smith (Edith Cavell), Rufus Child (Nelson) and Peter Allen (Stephen Fry) to be cut as sheet steel. 

Description (iconographical)

 A few years back the council received Lottery funding from Sustrans under the Connect 2 programme. This was to deliver pedestrian / cycle improvements in the city, and funded (among other things) traffic-free routes across Mousehold Heath and improvements to help better connect Norwich routes into the National Cycle Network. Connect 2 was a national project, and alongside it ran an arts project which commissioned a 'portrait bench' in each of the locations where routes were built. Each of these comprises a bench, accompanied by three life-size figures of local note. The location was selected as it's on the intersection of cycle routes and in a generally prominent location. Mousehold Heath was briefly considered, but aside from the sculptures being seen by fewer people, we felt they were far more likely to be stolen or damaged if they were out-of -the-way. They should be fairly proof against vandalism since the material is intended to weather, can be cleaned with a jet washer and will survive being sanded if necessary. The bench was set against a wall since disability groups had requested that it have a back and arms. This meant it could not go in front of the figures without obscuring them and spoiling the composition, it also seemed sensible to place the bench where anyone sitting on it was sheltered from the rain.  

Photographs

 Date taken:  11/7/2013
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  11/7/2013

Inspected by:
Sarah Cocke

Sources and References

 email from Tony Jones, City Growth & Development Coordinator, Norwich City Council, 16/07/2013; http://www.norwich.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/Transport/Pages/NorwichConnect2.aspx  

Database

 Date entered:  16/7/2013

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke