Timber Gateway panel by Anthony Hammond
at Berryhill Greenway
 

Location:  at Berryhill Greenway - at one of the entrances to the park nearest to Uffington Parade
Installed: 2000                        
Commissioned by:  Stoke on Trent City Council

 

 

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"BERRYHILL FIELDS
OUR BIT OF COUNTRYSIDE ... AT THE END OF OUR ROAD"

photos: Jan 2006

 

Inscription: (around edge of circular plaque) "BERRYHILL FIELDS OUR BIT OF COUNTRYSIDE ... AT THE END OF OUR ROAD" (centre of circular plaque) "SAVED FROM OPENCASTING PROTECTED FOR THE FUTURE"   Signature: ANTHONY/HAMMOND (names either side of circular plaque)   Description: The wooden panel consists of six wooden planks supported between two upright wooden poles, with a circular roundel of a bird on the front face at the top. The bird is flanked by a flower and a bird. Below is a butterfly, flanked by a dragon fly and a flower. Beneath is an owl, another bird, and a heron. Below are several animals, including a rabbit, a hedgehog, a lizard and another bird. At the bottom of the panel are two working men, one a farm labourer with a scythe, the other a miner with pick and shovel. The panel is intended both to commemorate the past history of the site and to celebrate the variety of wildlife found there today.     The Timber Gateway commemorates agriculture and early mining in the area before it became heavily industrialised     Background to the panel: A design theme was chosen, focusing on the idea that the Greenway follows an imaginary Time Line which runs north west from the Scheduled Ancient Monument Area within Berryhill Fields. Three gateways were constructed (Stone, timber and metal). The Timber Gateway is the central Gateway and commemorates agriculture and early mining in the area before it became heavily industrialised. The use of timber was part of the brief, in that it used a material that reflected the level of human development on the site at that time. There was a strong emphasis on community involvement throughout the project, and the Berryhill Friends Group played a key role in its management.

  

Materials:

Part of work	Material	Dimensions
Panel	Wood	3.2m high x 1.1m wide

 

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at the top a circular roundel of a bird on the front face
The bird is flanked by a flower and a bird.
Below is a butterfly, flanked by a dragon fly and a flower.
 Beneath is an owl, another bird, and a heron.

Below are several animals, including a rabbit, a hedgehog, a lizard and another bird.

 At the bottom of the panel are two working men, one a farm labourer with a scythe,
the other a miner with pick and shovel.