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the Swinnerton Monument
Havercroft [31, 43]
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The Swinnerton Monument
Description
1999. Marble faced brick with bronze. Architect: Jemima Hamble Roundwindow
The Swinnerton Monument dominates the southern end of the wide Stovin Row avenue. A wide, triumphal arch large enough to span the four-lane road in a typical Neo-Georgian style. Bas-relief collonades and trompe l'oeil give the impression of a magnificent C18th residence, but the facades if fact hide an electrical substation.
Created as part of the Havercroft Beautification scheme at the end of the nineties, the monument lends a small amount of class to an otherwise drab neighbourhood. Named after the C18th architect Isambard "Antimacassar" Swinnerton, the monument captures the spirit of the enlightenment, as a pair of magnificent bronze unicorns rear up with nostrils flaring at the crosstown traffic. Surmounting the apex of the roof is a further bronze of Margaret Rutherford in a Syrian chariot being pulled by six huskies, riding roughshod over a field of tiny homunculi.
The flags of the G7 nations and the flag of the UN fly from the collonades during public holidays.
History
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