Sturminster Newton: Desert Head IV
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sturminster Newton: Desert Head IV by Chris Downer as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 8 Aug 2009
A sculpture by Dame Elisabeth Frink, who lived in north Dorset until her death in 1993, on loan to the town and positioned in the Image It was officially presented by her son on 29 August 2008. It was given as a gesture of goodwill, to show the Frink estate's support for The Exchange, a new community centre cum all-sorts-of-things built recently on the site of the old cattle market.