[Closed] Giant's Chair near Jay's grave [Widecombe-in-the-Moor] being dismatled today 🙁

Will it go though...?
It's been in danger of imminent demolition for so long now that I find it hard to believe that it's stay of execution is finally over..

Hopefully it will stubbornly and defiantly remain there for a good while longer yet..

According to the story, it's already been removed 🙁

As Brown says, the news article says it is in the process of being dismantled today and placed into storage. A possible return at Haldon was hinted at?

Im no art expert, but I dont understand this trend for ginormous 'works of art'. Its a ****ing chair, just because its big doesnt make it clever. Artists today are just lazy. In the old days you did the work yourself and it looked like something, now they expect to hand in any old shite, often made by someone else, and get paid.

I'm unsure of the significants of this one, but in Italy's furniture production area many producers would make bigger and bigger chairs in an one up-manship type fashion.

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I'm suprised that they haven't found anywhere else for it like the Dartington Estate or Haldon Forest or somewhere 😕

I went to Austria & found this - bit of a surprise

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Sweepy, have you been to see it?

It's handmade out of local oak, no metalwork - all old-school pegs etc to hold it together. The guy who made it is a very talented local craftsman and has made this at his own cost, and sought to make no money from it being up (on his land), just did it because he hoped people would like it - to give something back to the landscape he loves.
The view there is incredible, but i bet half the people who walk that path failed to notice it before the chair was installed. So it's focused and accentuated a wonderful view, in a very attractive and relevant manner.
Never mind Art, it's just a nice thing to have and to see.

bl00dy philistine nimby batsard planners. I really liked that chair, although I never really thought of it as art, more as a really nice thing.

Crikey, I only went past it last Sunday on our ride to Lustleigh Cleave & back.

I'll miss it cos it always surprises the new guys riding with us who don't know it's there. A sad day indeed & I hope it reappears somewhere else tho.

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The view down the valley ........

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That would make some cracking logs for my burner.

+1 el_creedo

-1 Sweepy

why they removing it looks solid enough from the images?

afaik it is just a planning thing. most locals are in favour of it. it had a stay of execution, and they had hoped to get retrospective permission, but no good.
a lovely thing - shame.

a big view like that needs a big chair.

they are taking it down beacuse it is too popular. kin' idiots.

Fair do's, I can go along with that.

this big chair in such a big landscape is spot on..

Was it much used by giants?

I can see the point of providing this facility if it's in an area with a significant giant population, but realistically if the only people sitting on it are normal size it would be better to have a normal-sized chair or bench there. In these time of austerity, we can ill-afford to have giant chairs standing idle on the offchance that a giant my want to sit on it.

I saw it Sunday thankfully. Not every expression of emotions and thought is explainable or accountable. Not every object has function. It's art - you have to experience it in context to get the vibe. I'm very sorry it's gone as I always looked forward to passing it, and it added to the quality of the landscape IMO.

I think the problem was visitor parking space.

planning permission!?

FFS.

I had never seen or heard of this before but looking at the photos it looks absolutely fantastic, and the fact it highlights a stunning view makes it even more so..... shame its going down 😥

Landowners used to put up all sorts of follies and buildings for no other reason than to make a feature of the landscape. Nowadays such buildings are protected and people fight tooth and nail to keep them in order, but when someone now wants to put up something, at no cost whatsoever to the taxpayer, that causes no harm, and is liked by the locals, then it's not allowed to stay. Perhaps the landowner ought to apply for a windturbine in its place...
Frakkin' paperpushers know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

In the old days you did the work yourself

What old days were these?

I like the chair, it looks great and it has become a real attraction. It's demise is typical of the backwards looking attitude of the Dartmoor NP nazis.

On the plus side, the trail was getting really badly eroded from all of the footsteps and the lovely sinewy singletrack was becoming a rather squirelly rut. Also we'd lost the trail as a fast blast as it had suddenly become busy with foot traffic to the chair.

Bad news on the whole but at least we've got the trail back to sweeten a bitter pill.

This is a shame really as when you go there it is not in an obtrusive position, i.e. it really enhances the location and does not spoil the view. I am not a fan of many of these types of installations, but the chair was excellent.

where would be a good place for the chair

walking distance from a car park, east of castle drogo, mam head. hill above widecombe ?

mr monkey, the trail has been repaired even the boggy section which was fun.

The main problem is that it is so popular that it is attracting hordes of people and the local area simply doesn't have the infrastructure to deal with increased traffic, toilet provision, access.. etc.

Putting it somewhere like Haldon would sort lots of these problems but it is a shame to remove such an inspired addition to the scenery.