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Sandlings Walk
County Suffolk   District Council Suffolk Coastal & Waveney 
Civil Parish or equivalent Suffolk Coastal & Waveney  Town/Village* Sandlings Walk 
Road Sandlings Walk 
Precise Location See below 
OS Grid Ref see below  Postcode see below 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Country walk  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Henry Tebbut  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Suffolk Coast and Heaths Unit as part of £500,000 grant from Heritage Lottery Fund 

Design & Constrn period

 2002-2004 

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: Markers on Sandlings Walk

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
See below     

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Suffolk Coast and Heaths Unit 

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  
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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)

 Sandlings Walk runs for 60 miles from Ipswich to Southwold and onto Kessingland through the Sandlings, designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty in 1970. It extends from the northern side of the Stour estuary to the east of Ipswich to Kessingland in the north. Henry Tebbutt was commissioned to create Nightjar and moth sculptures at 12 points along the walk beginning at Ipswich (brackets indicate which ones were surveyed): 1.Purdis Heath 2. Rushmere Common 3. Martlesham Heath 4. Sutton Common 5. Hollesley Common 6. Rendlesham Forest (moth on wooden post)) 7. Blaxhall Common 8. North Warren (moth on wooden post) 9. Dunwich Heath (fibreglass nightjar chick on post)10. Dunwich Forest (wooden nightjar outstretched wings on low base) 11. Hinton 12. Southwold (concrete nightjar) 

Description (iconographical)

 Nightjars were chosen as one of the rare birds found in the area which come out hunting especially for moths at dusk. They come to breed in the Sandlings from May to September before returning to Africa to winter. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  10/7/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  10/7/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Suffolk Coast and Heaths Unit, The Sandlings Walk booklet, 2005 

Database

 Date entered:  1/10/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke