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Town Clock
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Location
| Street: | High Street |
| Town: | Heathfield |
| Parish: | Heathfield and Waldron |
| Council: | Wealden District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN21 |
| Location on Google Map | |
| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Junction with Streatfield Road, on raised paved area |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 56 |
| Grid reference: | D9 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Heathfield and Waldron Rotary Club |
| Commissioned also by: | Various businesses and organisations |
| Installation date: | 2005 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Large clock with four faces set on top of a tapering metal obelisk set on a base. The clock is surmounted by a weather vane. The whole structure is painted in green and gold. |
| Signatures: | On each of the clock faces, text running circular:
HEATHFIELD AND WALDRON ROTARY CLUB 2005. A. D. |
| Inscription: | This clock was presented to the town by Heathfield and Waldron Rotary Club in Rotary's Centenary year 2004-05 with the generous support of; This is followed bya list of the shops and businesses that contributed to the erection of the clock. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Functional, Free Standing |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Object subtype1: | Obelisk |
| Object type2: | Shaft |
| Object subtype1: | Obelisk |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Obelisk (tapering) |
| Material: | Painted metal |
| Height (cm): | 300 |
| Part 2: | Base of obelisk |
| Material: | Painted metal |
| Height (cm): | 78 |
| Width (cm): | 60 |
| Depth (cm): | 60 |
| Part 3: | Base |
| Material: | Painted metal |
| Height (cm): | 45 |
| Width (cm): | 100 |
| Depth (cm): | 100 |
| Part 4: | Clock |
| Material: | Painted metal |
| Height (cm): | 100 |
| Width (cm): | 80 |
| Depth (cm): | 80 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Vandalism |
| Condition 1: | Graffiti |
| More details: | Some shallow carved graffiti that has been painted over and so less visible than when damage caused. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/07/2007 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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