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Title*

Zodiacal Labyrinth
County Norfolk   District Council Norwich City Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Norwich  Town/Village* Norwich - Parks and Gardens 
Road Corner of Drayton and St Martin’s roads 
Precise Location South –east corner of Wensum Park 
OS Grid Ref TG221097  Postcode NR2 
Previous location(s) First displayed in the Cathedral Close to celebrate Millennium 
Setting Public Park  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Jane Sunderland  Designer(s)   

Commissioned by

 Norwich City Council 

Design & Constrn period

 2000 

Date of installing

 Cathedral 2000; here June 2001 

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: Labyrinth with zodiacal markers

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
Labyrinth  Brick embedded in grass  22 metres across 
12 markers with star signs  Stone  H.80 cms. 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Norwich City 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 The tops of the markers set around the labyrinth, beginning to the East and reading clockwise are engraved with relevant star signs and interpretation: SCORPIO 24. X – 22. XI DARK RED DEATH & REBIRTH (Scorpion) LIBRA 24-X – 23.X PINK PARTNERSHIP AND BALANCE (Standing naked man holding balances in outstretched arms VIRGO 24.VII -– 23.IX YELLOW HEALTH & EFFICIENCY (Seated woman in front of window, brushing hair and holding up mirror) LEO 24.VII – 23.VIII ORANGE RULERSHIP & SELF EXPRESSION (Lions’ head) CANCER 22. VI – 23 VII WHITE NURTURING & ENABLING (Crab) GEMINI 22. V– 21 VI YELLOW TRAVEL & COMMUNICATION (Heads of female twins) ARIES 21.III –20 IV RED INITIATING & PIONEERING (Ram’s head) PISCES 20. 11- 20.III PURPLE COMPASSION & IMAGINATION (A pair of fish) AQUARIUS 21.I – 19.II ELECTRIC BLUE GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS (Female naked caryatid bust supporting water jar on head with both arms) CAPRICORN 22.xii –20.1 DARK BLUE AMBITION & RESPONSIBILITY (Goat) TAURUS 21. IV – 21. V PINK GROWTH & FERTILITY (Bull’s head, ring in nose) SAGITTARIUS 23.XI-21. XII PURPLE ADVENTURE & BELIEF (Centaur with bow) 

Description (physical)

 The labyrinth is set into grass and surrounded by a circular footpath with the twelve star-sign markers on its outside. It is just below the Sandys-Winsch pavilion of 1925 and on the site of Sandys Winsch's circular fountain. It is set in a bed whose summer planting echoes the colours of the star signs. Originally displayed in the Cathedral close to celebrate the Millennium it was moved as part of the restoration of the Norwich Parks. There is another simpler labyrinth in the centre of the cloister buildings. 

Description (iconographical)

  

Photographs

 Date taken:  14/3/2006
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  14/3/2006

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Information from George Ishmael, Landscape Planning and Strategy Officer, Planning Department, Norwich City Council 

Database

 Date entered:  26/5/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke