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Title
The Storybook Tree
Medium
dead cedar tree
Accession number
OX3_JR_S004
Acquisition method
commissioned by Headington Action
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Oxford City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
25th May 2005
Access
at all times
Inscription description
The Storybook Tree / The tree and benches have been designed and carved by local sculptor Matt Cave / The tree depicts: / The dragon Smaug (J.R.R.Tolkein, The Hobbit) / Aslan the lion (C.S.Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia) The horse (C.S.Lewis, The Horse and His Boy) / The project has been made possible through the sponsorship of: / Oxford Brookes University Oxford University Press / ACNeilsen Symm & Company Ltd WHM Consulting / The family of Mary Kay The family of Tony Church / OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST AWARD 2007 / HEADINGTON ACTION: www.hcda.org.uk