Clowne War Memorial

Clowne war memorial

Arriving back in Clowne after an exploration of Greenway West, the Linear Park and Markland Grips, the first thing that Paul May and I did was to head into Clowne town centre to find a cup of coffee and something to eat, having not stopped since we had arrived at 10:30 am.

The Garden of Remembrance

Stopping briefly to look at Clowne war memorial, with its figurative sculpture, pedestal and plinth made of white Italian marble from the Apuan Alps, I was more interested in the adjoining Garden of Remembrance, which was built in 2015.

Inside the Garden of Remembrance

The centre piece is a large sculpture by the artist Andrew Tebbs, where large blocks of red Permo-Triassic sandstone have been carved with poppy inspired designs, although I have not been able to pinpoint its provenance.

The red sandstone sculpture

The garden is surprisingly paved in concrete paving slabs, rather than with Carboniferous sandstone, which is more aesthetically pleasing, although more expensive, and would probably be expected to be used in such a prominent public space such as this.

A relief sculpture

To the north end, a Carboniferous sandstone wall, with a rock faced finish to the mixed colour blocks, has several carved relief panels set into it, which depict various wartime scenes. I didn’t inspect any of the panels closely but, from the pale cream colour, they look like that they are dolomitic limestone from the Permian Cadeby Formation. 

A relief sculpture