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Houghton Hut
County Norfolk   District Council King's Lynn 
Civil Parish or equivalent New Houghton  Town/Village* Houghton Hall Estate 
Road  
Precise Location Houghton Hall estate gardens, in alley of north garden 
OS Grid Ref   Postcode PE31 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Garden  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Rachel Whiteread  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 By Houghton Hall estate 

Design & Constrn period

 2013 

Date of installing

 2015 

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: Concrete hut

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
Concrete     

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

  

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)

 A cast concrete version of a wooden hut. 

Description (iconographical)

 Version of detached I and II at the Gagosian Gallery in 2012, developed from her installation The Gran Boathouse 2010, besides the fjord at Røykenviken, Gran, Norway 

Photographs

 Date taken:  2/7/2017
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  2/7/2017

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Gagosian gallery, London/ Whiteread/2012 

Database

 Date entered:  29/7/2017

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke