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The Child in the Park

John Doubleday (b.1947)

Lake Meadows Park, Billericay, Essex

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A figure of a small child crouching down surrounded by creatures and plants on a plinth. The sculpture was stolen in February 2017, it was later found in a wheelbarrow, restored, and resited in November 2017. The creatures include a beetle, butterfly, dormouse, frog, hedgehog, newt, shrew, snail, spider, stoat, toad, vole, weasel, and wren.
Title

The Child in the Park

Date

2000

Medium

bronze

Accession number

CM12_TJ_S152

Acquisition method

erected by public donation

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Park opening times apply.

Signature/marks description

signed by: J Doubleday 2000 for the children of tomorrow

Inscription description

on an adjacent information board: THIS STATUE IS A PERMANENT REMINDER FROM BILLERICAY TO COMMEMORATE / THE MILENNIUM. IT PROVIDES A VISION OF HOPE FOR THE FURTURE / CELEBRATING THE CHILD, THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE-LONG LEARNING / AND THE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AROUND THE CHILDS NECK IS A PENDANT WITH A SEAGULL WHICH INDICATES FLIGHT AND FREEDOM, THE TWO KEYS SUGGEST THAT THEY CHILD CAN UNLOCK BOTH THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET AND ITS OWN LIFE. TO COMPLEMENT THE STATUE BASILDON DISTRICT COUNCIL PARKS AND COUNTRYSIDE HAVE CREATED "THE GARDEN OF THE CHILD" THE GARDEN IS / DESIGNED TO GIVE COLOUR AND INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR / WITH FLOWERS AND PLANTS PROVIDING FOOD AND COVER FOR WILDLIFE AS WELL AS DIFFERENT SCENTS AND TEXTURES.

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Located at

Lake Meadows Park, Billericay

CM12 0AJ

Located in a small gated garden area at one end of the lake.

Artist or maker

John Doubleday

b.1947

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