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Title*

Aldrich Bros Relief Carving
County Norfolk   District Council South Norfolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Roydon  Town/Village* Roydon 
Road High Road 
Precise Location North side of the main road from Diss to Roydon before Tudor Avenue 
OS Grid Ref TM102802  Postcode IP22 
Previous location(s) End gable of Aldrich Brothers' Yarn Store, Factory Lane, Diss (demolished 1972) 
Setting Wall of the Village Hall (built 1988)  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
David Kindersley  Stonemason(s)   

Commissioned by

 Hughes and Bicknell, architects of Cambridge 

Design & Constrn period

 1948 

Date of installing

 1997 

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:

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
Composite arrangement of 13 blocks  Oolitic limestone  H 2.5 m x W 2.8 m (approx) 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Roydon Parish Council and South Norfolk District 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: Crack through uppermost block

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions This David Kindersley carving was removed from Aldrich's Brush Factory in Factory Lane Roydon and installed here in 1997 

Description (physical)

 Large composite relief carving of a heraldic hog on a scrolled mat with coconut palms in the background and the date 1948 inscribed centrally in large lettering 

Description (iconographical)

 The relief carving was commissioned on the occasion of an extension to the Brush and Mat Factory carried out by Hughes and Bicknell in 1948. The design is based on Kindersley's interest in heraldic imagery. The prominent features - coconuts and the hog - indicate the raw materials used by the factory for the production of mats and brushes 

Photographs

 Date taken:  9/3/2007
Date logged:  12/3/2007

Photographed by:
David Hulks

On Site Inspection

 Date:  9/3/2007

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 Private Communication with Lida Kindersley 28-Mar-07 / Kindersley Archive catalogue entry 1848/1 / www.eastspace.net/roydon/home.asp?r=26685 

Database

 Date entered:  29/6/2007

Data inputter:
David Hulks