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Bracon Ash Village Sign
County Norfolk   District Council South Norfolk District Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Bracon Ash and Hethel  Town/Village* Bracon Ash 
Road Off B1113 
Precise Location On village green, opposite Bracon Ash and Hethel village hall and war memorial 
OS Grid Ref TM182998  Postcode NR15 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Roadside  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Jonathan Stevens  Designer(s)   

Commissioned by

 Bracon Ash and Hethel Village Council(?) 

Design & Constrn period

 1994 

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
Base  Brick and flint  70cm dia x 45 h 
Pole  Wood  220 h 
Sign  Aluminum  Approx 1 m w x h 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Bracon Ash and Hethel Village Counci 

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 plaque: Designed and constructed by Jonathan Stevens as a project at Wymondham College 1994 
Inscriptions Under the sign: BRACON ASH HETHEL 

Description (physical)

 Three curved high arcs, looking like a modern version of a viking helmet, surround spiky steel shapes. The combination evokes a very different world, that of lightweight racing and sporty cars. Colin Chapman had moved Lotus Cars to the nearby former Hethel airfield in the 1960s, using the runway as a test track for their lightweight cars, an opening a purpose-built factory in 1966. Lotus have continued to design both their own cars and have worked for other major manufacturers. 

Description (iconographical)

  

Photographs

 Date taken:  14/4/2012
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  14/4/2012

Inspected by:
Sarah Cocke

Sources and References

 Wikipedia/Hethel accessed 25/04/2012 

Database

 Date entered:  25/4/2012

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke