Description:
Memorial requested to record holding, former Warrington Rugby League Club player, Brian Bevan.
Cast bronze running figure set at 4 metres high on three steel masts - overall height: 11.5 metres. Triangular base designed with WBC Technical Services.
Structure was originally sited on 30 metre diameter roundabout. Later on the Brian Bevan memorial statue was re-located to its new home outside Warrington Wolves' Halliwell Jones Stadium.
Commission Title:
Brian Bevan Memorial
Sculptor:
Philip Bews
Public Art:
Cast bronze memorial sculpture on steel masts
Production Period:
January - August 1993
Site:
Warrington Wolves Rugby Ground, Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington, England
Commissioned By:
Warrington Borough Council with joint funding from Warrington Borough
Council lottery and Birse Group Plc.
Production
Method:
Phil designed and liaised with Warrington Fabrication Co Ltd for manufacture
of steel masts. Plaster original figure made by artist, and bronze cast by
Castle Fine Art Foundry, Oswestry.
Installation by steel fabricator. Liaison with Structural Engineer, David Tomlinson MICE MIStruct. E.