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Sculpture/Seat (Hearts of Oak Sculpture Trail)
County Suffolk   District Council Mid Suffolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Syleham  Town/Village* Hoxne 
Road Syleham Road 
Precise Location Brakey Wood accessed from the east side of the Syleham Road between Hoxne and Syleham 
OS Grid Ref TM152740  Postcode IP23 
Previous location(s)  
Setting In woods at the end of a footpath by a small beck  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Andrew Manning  Carver(s)   

Commissioned by

 Mid Suffolk District Council 

Design & Constrn period

  

Date of installing

 2003 

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: Bench

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
Sculpture/Seat  Oak  H 110 cm x L 320 cm x D 132 cm 
Hoxne Man  Oak  H. 3.60 metres 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Mid Suffolk District Council and Suffolk County 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  

Description (physical)

 Tree trunk carved into abstract biomorphic shapes also functioning as a seat 

Description (iconographical)

 Part of the Hearts of Oak sculptural trail which has a primitive/organic theme 

Photographs

 Date taken:  23/3/2007
Date logged:  26/3/2007

Photographed by:
David Hulks

On Site Inspection

 Date:  23/3/2007

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 www.treesculpture.co.uk accessed 29-Jun-07 / www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HoxnePC accessed 29-Jun-07 

Database

 Date entered:  29/6/2007

Data inputter:
David Hulks