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Hockley Flyover Murals
The Hockley Flyover murals are a series of concrete sculptures by William Mitchell in Hockley, Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ..., England, constructed in 1968. Since 2022 they have been grade II listed. The murals are at the pedestrian concourse leading to an underpass below the B4100 road, "surrounded by" the A41 road, and also known as Hockley Circus underpass. The work comprises three high panels cast in pigmented concrete in deep relief, incorporating motifs including "sunbursts, donuts, triangular wedges and shards" and Aztec-like symbols. Mitchell said "that the treatment of the external face of the underpass provided climbing opportunities for the adventurous", and a group of student rock-climbers have plotted bouldering routes on the murals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockley Flyover Concrete Panel 6
Hockley is a large village and civil parish in Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ... in the East of England located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, or, more specifically, between Rayleigh, Essex, Rayleigh and Rochford. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s and at the 2001 census had a population of 13,616 people, reducing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census, many of whom commute to London. The parish of Hockley itself has a population of 8,909 (2001 census), while the urban area runs into the neighbouring parish of Hawkwell. Hockley railway station, Essex, Hockley railway station serves the village. History The place-name 'Hockley' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Hocheleia''. The name means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
