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Sheringham Beach 1940
County Norfolk   District Council North Norfolk District Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Sheringham  Town/Village* Sheringham 
Road Esplanade 
Precise Location Slightly further on from the Lifeboat Museum and after the panel showing Big John Craske and James ‘Squinter’ West. 
OS Grid Ref TG156435  Postcode NR26 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Esplanade  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Mitchell House  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Sheringham Plus Regeneration 

Design & Constrn period

 2008 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

 3rd December 2008 

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: Panel

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
Sheringham Beach  Cold cast resin  1m high and wide 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Sheringham Town 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 Mitchell House 08 
Inscriptions 1940 WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES 

Description (physical)

 The quote comes from Winston Churchill’s speech to the House of Commons on 4th June 1940, broadcast by the BBC the same day, following the withdrawal of the British Army from Dunkirk. The plaque is designed in the style of the LNER posters advertising the east coast resorts, with a high horizon showing families playing on the sands at low tide, with barbed wire in the foreground and the beach guarded by a soldier with a rifle. 

Description (iconographical)

 It forms part of part of the the town-centre Heritage Trail, commissioned by Sheringham Plus, leading from the architectural award-winning Oddfellows Hall in town, to the seafront and back to town again to The Leas on The Esplanade, in front of the Burlington Hotel. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  4/11/2009
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  4/11/2009

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Brought to our attention by the artist, Mitchell House; www.seaside-art.com; www.northnorfolk.org/sheringhampreservation both accessed 01/11/2009 

Database

 Date entered:  10/11/2009

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke