The White Horse At Ebbsfleet
The White Horse at Ebbsfleet, formerly the Ebbsfleet Landmark, colloquially the Angel of the South, is a planned white horse statue to be built in the Ebbsfleet Valley in Kent, England. Designed by Mark Wallinger to faithfully resemble a thoroughbred horse, but at 33 times life size, the colossal sculpture will be 50 metres (160 ft) high.
Taller than the Angel of the North in Gateshead and Dream in St. Helens, as a highly visible piece of public art, it is intended to highlight the Ebbsfleet redevelopment area and the Ebbsfleet International railway station in particular. It will be visible from both the A2 road and High Speed 1 railway line, which cross each other nearby.
After a design 'competition', Wallinger's vision of a white horse was selected by a panel of self-appointed representatives from each of the three founding patrons / developers of the Ebbsfleet Landmark Project Ltd (ELP Ltd) - London and Continental Railways, Land Securities and Eurostar -. Four other art advisors were also appointed to the panel by ELP Ltd. Planning permission for the structure was granted by Gravesham Council on 15 April 2010.
Though originally estimated at £2 million, costs are now estimated to be £12 million according to Ben Ruse, a spokesman for the project based at London and Continental Railways offices in London.
The project is intended to be privately funded. As of February 2008, in excess of £1 million had been committed to the project by the founding patrons (of ELP Ltd) from London and Continental Railways who are "actively promoting the development of regeneration opportunities in Ebbsfleet", Land Securities "the UK's leading Real Estate Investment Trust" and from Eurostar.
As of June 2012, the project was stalled for a lack of funding.
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