Mercury - Shute Lane - Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 50° 55.794 W 002° 11.458
30U E 556855 N 5642341
Relief figure of Mercury on this shelter on the corner of Shute Lane, Iwerne Minster.
Waymark Code: WMWPW3
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/28/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Relief figure of Mercury on this shelter on the corner of Shute Lane, Iwerne Minster.

Shelter containing notice boards c.1920 by Giles Gilbert Scott for J. Ismay. Square rubbble walls with Doulting stone dressings, tiled roof. Gable has sculpted relief of Mercury with electric rays emanating from his hands representing the dissemination of news by wireless. The shelter stems from the practice, established during World War I, of posting newspapers of a variety of political views, together with telegraph bulletins, on a board over the village pump for the information of villagers. It is now used as a general parish notice board.

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Time Period: Ancient

Epic Type: Mythical

Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

Approximate Date of Epic Period: Not listed

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