The Placement of a Memorial Sundial on New Mills ... - Michel Lalos
Site Context. New Mills Town Hall sits entirely within the New Mills Conservation Area and although not listed is of architectural merit. It faces onto Spring Bank ...
The Placement of a Memorial Sundial on New Mills Town Hall Design and Access Statement This document is the design and access statement to accompany the planning application for the installation of a Memorial Sundial on New Mills Town Hall.
Background The purpose of the Sundial is to provide a fitting memorial to Sir Martin Doughty. Sir Martin rose to national prominence as Chairman of Natural England but he was also a tireless worker for the local environmental in his home town of New Mills and was for many years a member of New Mills Town Council. New Mills Town Hall represents the civic heart of New Mills and therefore is a most fitting location for the memorial. The precise location has been determined in discussions between the Town Council, The Chief Executive of the County Council and Sir Martin’s family. A sundial is intrinsically linked to environmental conditions and Sir Martin was particularly interested in this ancient form of time measurement.
Site Context New Mills Town Hall sits entirely within the New Mills Conservation Area and although not listed is of architectural merit. It faces onto Spring Bank Road with long views out across the valley onto the moorlands within the Peak District National Park. The location plan below highlights the Town Hall’s location in blue, the proposed location of the sundial with a red dot and the conservation area in orange. While there are listed buildings in the vicinity the sundial will not affect their setting.
Design Development Once it was decided that a sundial would be an appropriate memorial and that New Mills Town Hall was a suitable location a couple of alternative options were explored: 1) A building-mounted memorial sundial; 2) A freestanding memorial sundial in the garden/car park to the front of the Town Hall. A freestanding sundial was finally discounted as it was felt that it would be difficult to arrive at a design that was suitably dignified and that would sit happily within the Gardens of the Town Hall without extensive re-ordering of that area. The initial building-mounted proposal was to have the sundial on the front of the Town Hall, as it had been assumed that the front was south facing, but further investigation revealed that it faces almost directly east. This made the front of the Town Hall inappropriate. After more detailed site investigations it was established that the Town Hall has a chamfered corner elevation that abuts the back edge of the northern footway on Hall Street which faces directly south – the optimum direction for a building-mounted sundial. It is believed that this is best location for the sundial as: ! It faces directly south ! It is an architecturally simple elevation that can more easily accommodate a sundial ! It is on a route to the public library and is readily visible to passers by – not just to those visiting the Town Hall. ! It is in the road which already has a memorial plaque – to the Kinder Trespassers – on the former police station on the opposite side of the road. ! A dignified and artistically distinguished design solution can be agreed for this location.
The initial thought for the sundial was to place it above the door on the chamfered corner elevation. However this did not sit happily with the overall composition of the southern elevation.
The sundial was then repositioned centrally on the elevation. This enabled the sundial to ‘hold its own’ within the composition of the southern elevation stopping it looking like a ‘tag-on’ element.
Finally, the geometry of the sundial was amended to compliment the rhythm and form of the fenestration.
The Final Proposal
The memorial sundial will be dark grey Cambrian slate. The engraved dial and central motif along with the gnomen will be highlighted in gold leaf. The rest of the inscribed lettering will be highlighted in light grey. The lettering and layout on the sundial has been designed by John Shaw, who will also be producing the sundial. John has a national reputation and has produced memorial sundials for a number of prominent national figures. Below is an example of a similar sundial which is situated in Over Haddon, Derbyshire.
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