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Latitude: 51.5704 / 51°34'13"N
Longitude: 0.459 / 0°27'32"E
OS Eastings: 570515
OS Northings: 188589
OS Grid: TQ705885
Mapcode National: GBR PMG.GVX
Mapcode Global: VHJKT.XS1J
Plus Code: 9F32HFC5+5J
Entry Name: Raised Pool and Sculpture
Listing Date: 22 December 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1271562
English Heritage Legacy ID: 472060
Also known as: Mother and Child statue
ID on this website: 101271562
Location: Basildon, Essex, SS14
County: Essex
District: Basildon
Electoral Ward/Division: St Martin's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Basildon
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Basildon St Martin of Tours
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Sculpture
TQ 78 NW BASILSON TOWN SQUARE
717/6/10009 Raised Pool and Sculpture
GV II
Pool, with sculpture immediately to the west and south of the piloti undercroft of Brooke House, 1962, Architect Anthony B Davies, chief Architect and planner to Basildon. Development Corporation; Sir Basil Spence, consultant adviser on town centre. Long rectangular pool, with raised granite-clad sides and coping, within which is set, at the east end, a bronze sculpture, 'Mother and Child', and fountain, by Maurice Lambert. The pool was designed as a foreground to Brooke House (qv).
(Architectural Review: Browne K: A new look at Basildon Town Centre, November 1962: 332- 335; Planning for Man and Motor, London: Ritter P: Basildon New Town Main Centre: Pergamon Press: 1964-: 221; Architects Journal: Shops and flats at Basildon, 10 December 1962: 1962-: 1381- 9; Architect and Building News, 13 February 1963: Tower block, Basildon: 1963-: 239-43).
Listing NGR: TQ7051588589
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