The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light
The Bude Light

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A slender, conical sculpture of striped coloured concrete with a light positioned at the apex. Around the cone are the star constellations lit with fibre optic lights. Around the granite base are all the signs of the zodiac with corresponding constellation patterns.
Title

The Bude Light

Date

2000

Medium

concrete

Accession number

EX23_TJ_S012

Acquisition method

commissioned by Bude Stratton Town Council

Work type

Sculpture

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

9th June 2000

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque: THE BUDE LIGHT 2000 / commissioned by / BUDE - STRATTON TOWN COUNCIL / to celebrate the Millennium in Bude and / the invention of the Bude Light in 1830 by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney / opened on 9th June 2000 by / HRH THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER / SCULPTORS CAROLE VINCENT AND ANTHONY FANSHAWE / PROJECT MANAGERS JONATHAN BALL PRACTISE AND METTERS & WELBY / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS NICHOLAS PEARSON ASSOCIATES / ART CONSULTANTS NORTH CORNWALL ARTS / CONTRACTOR PEARCE CONSTRUCTION

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Located at

Ergue Gaberic Way, Bude

EX23 8LG

By the roundabout at the entrance to The Castle Bude.