{"id":787042,"date":"2026-09-30T03:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787042\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T03:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:46:16","slug":"plans-revealed-for-bronze-pig-in-historic-market-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787042\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans revealed for bronze pig in historic market place"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Plans have been submitted to New Forest<\/a> District Council for a sculpture commemorating the 800th anniversary of Ringwood’s Royal Market Charter.\n<\/p>\n

\n The proposal by Ringwood Town Council would see a small bronze sculpture of a lying pig installed in Ringwood Market Place, close to the church wall.\n<\/p>\n

\n The town council said the artwork would celebrate the town’s long association with market trading while adding a new feature to the historic centre.\n<\/p>\n

\n According to planning documents, the sculpture would measure about 1.22 metres long, 0.46 metres wide and 0.61 metres high.\n<\/p>\n

\n The artwork would be positioned on an existing area of stone setts and no wider changes to the surrounding space are proposed as part of the application.\n<\/p>\n

\n Planning papers state the pig has been chosen to reflect Ringwood’s heritage and its historic links to trading and market activity.\n<\/p>\n

\n The sculpture would also serve as a \u201cpermanent reminder of the 800th anniversary\u201d of the Royal Market Charter.\n<\/p>\n

\n The application argues the development has been carefully designed to \u201csit comfortably\u201d within the historic surroundings of the Market Place and Ringwood Conservation Area.\n<\/p>\n

\n The town council said: \u201cIt is considered that the sculpture will have a positive impact upon the significance of the Ringwood Conservation Area by introducing a high-quality piece of public art that celebrates identity and contributes to the attractiveness and distinctiveness of the town centre.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n They added that the sculpture’s size means it would not affect the historic layout of the square or result in the loss of any historic features.\n<\/p>\n

\n The sculpture is intended to be installed ahead of the wider Ringwood Thriving Market Place project, which aims to improve the town centre public realm.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, the council said the pig would not interfere with those plans, and that the artwork is expected to \u201cintegrate with future improvement works\u201d without restricting or compromising them.\n<\/p>\n

\n If approved, the town council said the commemorative artwork would \u201cmake a positive contribution to the character, distinctiveness and cultural significance\u201d of Ringwood town centre while celebrating one of the town’s most important historic anniversaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans have been submitted to New Forest District Council for a sculpture commemorating the 800th anniversary of Ringwood’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}