Description:
2.5 metre high, turned red sandstone column, 600mm diameter, supporting 1.3 metre high cast bronze double faced ‘Janus’ head.
The Roman theme for this sculpture was drawn from the Roman road crossing the site.
Photo above taken in 2005 - 11 years after installation.
Commission Title:
Janus
Sculptors:
Philip Bews and
Diane Gorvin
Production Period:
March - August 1994
Site:
Pewterspear Green housing area, Warrington, Cheshire, England
Commissioned By:
Funding body, Commission for New Towns, through Landscape Architects, Chris
Blandford Associates, Chester
Production
Method:
Phil Bews designed, and Diane Gorvin made plaster original head for bronze
casting.
Cast at Castle Fine Arts Foundry, Oswestry. Sandstone column supplied and manufactured by J Oldham & Co Ltd., Hollington, Staffordshire.
Installation of column and head by Coulton and Powell. Lettering on column by Philip Bews.
Artist’s contractual status as subcontractor to main landscape contractor, Baldwin Landscaping Ltd., Northwich