Dec 3, 2019 · Our team has removed The Druid statue from Priory Park and transported it to the Berkshire workshop. The statue, which is made from Coade stone, is now being restored by conservators by using various conservation techniques.

Priory Park is a public park in Chichester, West Sussex, England, operated by Chichester District Council. It is situated in the north-east quadrant of Chichester City centre. The park is bordered by the medieval city walls to the north and east which are built upon the original Roman foundations.

Jun 18, 2021 · The Story: On the centenary commemoration of Priory Park being gifted to the city by the Duke of Richmond as a permanent war memorial, local sculptor Vincent Gray was commissioned to create a sculpture.

May 19, 2016 · The statue, a Coadestone figure of a druid, is placed in Chichester’s Priory Park where is has been for the past 140 years. It was brought over to Chichester in the 1770s, and after being moved around the city it finally found its home in the park in 1870.

Sep 17, 2018 · On September 30, 1918, the 7th Duke of Richmond and Gordon gifted Priory Park to the people of Chichester for their leisure and as a perpetual memorial to the fallen in the First World War. The centenary falls this year with a week …

Statue of Dorothy Round in Priory Park The hall and surrounding land remained the property of the Earls of Dudley until 1926, when it was acquired by Dudley Borough Council. Edward Prentice Mawson was commissioned to develop the site, creating a …

Apart from the old walls, there is a substantial and beautiful chapel forming the central feature of the park, a motte, tank, statue and a delightful single storey flint-faced lodge at the entrance.

Aug 2, 2019 · In the North West part of the Priory Park is a statue on a stone plinth containing an inscription recording the statue's history from its erection by the water fountain in South Street, and later storage under the Sailors' Chapel in the Cathedral.

Aug 8, 2019 · An historic statue in Chichester is set to be removed so it can be repaired and restored. The Coade stone figure of a druid, which has been in Priory Park since 1873, has recently suffered from weathering and vandalism.

Jan 25, 2019 · Plans to restore a historic statue in Chichester’s Priory Park need to be speeded up, the council has been told.