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Title*

St Andrew, village sign for Capel St Andrew
County Suffolk   District Council Suffolk Coastal 
Civil Parish or equivalent Butley  Town/Village* Capel St Andrew 
Road Royton Road 
Precise Location By crossroads in front of barn 
OS Grid Ref TM375480  Postcode IP12 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Road or Wayside  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Paul Richardson  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Capel St Andrew Parish Council 

Design & Constrn period

 2000 

Date of installing

  

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: Village sign

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
St Andrew  Recycled steel  H.2.70 W. 1.5 metres 
Pllnth  Cast iron painted black  H. 5 cms W. 1.5 D. 1 metres 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Capel St Andrew Parish 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 On left side of saint's robe: PAUL RICHARDSON 
Inscriptions Dated 2000 at feet of wooden model of village church and 1539 on church tower, CAPEL ST ANDREW on branches of tree 

Description (physical)

 The statue was commissioned by the Parish Council from Paul Richardson, who lives in Capel St Andrew, to commemorate the millennium. This impressive over life-size figure stands against a sculpted tree trunk, rising up to display the name of the village in bold lettering. The group is set against the wall of a long barn, besides a cross roads. The saint is shown as a fisherman holding fish and an eel, with a shield with his cross behind him. A small bird nests in the tree and a doe emerges from behind the tree trunk. The church at his feet is a reconstruction of the parish church, documented by 1529 but demolished, presumably as a result of the Reformation, by 1553. Some masonry remains were uncovered during farming at Church Farm. 

Description (iconographical)

  

Photographs

 Date taken:  22/1/2008
Date logged:  23/1/2008

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  22/1/2008

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 http://www.steelsculptures.co.uk/index.html (accessed 12/10/2007); www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/capelstan.htm, accessed 27/02/2009 

Database

 Date entered:  23/1/2008

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke