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Artist/Sculptor: Lorraine Young Material: Ancaster limestone Owner/Custodian: Quorndon Parish Council Status: Conservation Area Representations of the fire signs of the zodiac, Leo, Aries, and Sagittarius. The work is carved from a single piece of Ancaster limestone split into three and each piece being named separately ‘Dissipated Energy’, ‘Centre of Attention’, ‘Anxious Achiever’. Lorraine studied for her undergraduate program in sculpture at Loughborough College of Art and Design and holds a Master of Arts in Drawing. The sculpture was purchased by the Parish Council for £750 as part of a Public Art Partnership Scheme run jointly by Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University School of Art and Design. The nearby plaque tells us that it is by Lorraine Young and dated 1997. It was placed on the gravel area on the High Street in front of Quorn Court in 1998.

Dates from the late eighteenth century. Now subdivided. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1228217?section=official-list-entry

The boulder stands at the entrance Church View Gardens which was formerly the sculpture garden. A plaque provides information about the local geology. The boulder was presented by Tarmac and was quarried at Mountsorrel. Granodiorite is a granite-like rock which contains a high proportion of large pink crystals, giving the stone its characteristic colour.

Artist/Sculptor: Rachel Alen Material: Millstone Grit Owner/Custodian: Quorndon Parish Council Status: Conservation Area The theme of Rachael’s Saddlestone is the Quorn Hunt and the sculpture is in the form of a saddle on a horse’s back. The material is millstone grit and it was sited on a concrete base in the sculpture garden in 1999. Wright's Mill in the centre of the village once had a large chimney that was a landmark until 1997 when it was no longer needed it was dismantled. The chimney base was made from millstone grit, a coarse-grained sandstone which was donated by Michael Wright, Chairman and Managing Direct of M. Wright and Sons to the Loughborough College of Art and Design, now the Loughborough University School of Design and Creative Arts. A competition was held and students were asked to submit designs. Following selection by a Parish Council committee, the chosen five used the stone to sculpt. The cost to the Parish Council was £1000 (£200 for each commission).

On the site of cottages which were demolished c1970.

A village on the outskirts of the university town of Loughborough.

Was this once a school?