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Snooks (2)
County Suffolk   District Council Suffok Coastal 
Civil Parish or equivalent Aldeburgh  Town/Village* Aldeburgh 
Road Crabbe street 
Precise Location In front of beach overlooking boating pond 
OS Grid Ref TM462568  Postcode IP15 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Outside  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Gwynneth Holt  Designer(s)   

Commissioned by

 The memorial was commissioned by the people of the borough of Aldeburgh - the statue by his daughter and wife Dr Nora 

Design & Constrn period

 1961 

Date of installing

 1961 and 2003 

Exact date of unveiling

 Unveiled by Dr Acheson's granddaughters 

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: Statue of dog

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
Snooks  Bronze  H 45 cms W. 20 cms D. 40 cms 
Pedestal  Stone  H. 110 cms W. 33 cms D 44 cms 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Suffolk Coastal 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:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions On collar: MRS SNOOKS CHIP WINKLER on pedestal: SNOOKS/ THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PEOPLE/ OF THIS BOROUGH/ TO Dr "ROBIN"/ P M ACHESON/ WHO CARED FOR/ THEM FROM/ 1931 TO 1959/ AND TO DR NORA/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 1981/ STILL CARING (the second part of the inscription was added in 1981) 

Description (physical)

 The statue and pedestal are set facing the boating lake so that Snooks is framed by the view of the sea over the sea-wall. The first version of Snooks was stolen but in February 2003 but replaced in September, although the sculptor, Gwynneth Holt had died in 1995. 

Description (iconographical)

 Snooks sits upright looking down at the boating pool in search of the chips from the town's many fish and chip shops. Snooks had roamed this patch, with a notice on her collar ‘Please do not throw stones at this dog.’ Dr Acheson loved children and sailing. As borough councillor he had improved the town’s amenity and the boating pond had been enlarged from a Second World War water tank. After his death his wife continued as a doctor and first-aid instructor for the St John’s ambulance Brigade and Aldeburgh Lifeboat. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  4/7/2006
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  4/7/2006

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Libby Purves, "Ad Lib", The Times, 12 November 2003, accessed 09/07/2007 

Database

 Date entered:  9/7/2006

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke