This is ‘The Scallop’ sculpture at Aldeburgh in Suffolk, and is a tribute to
Sir Benjamin Britten (local composer). It has been a contraversial piece in
its 5 year existence, and has been vandalised with paint by a few disgruntled
locals in the past, who have also campaigned for its removal, citing it as
inappropriate for a rural area. However, I really like it, so I say bollocks
to the philistines ;-) For the record, Aldeburgh is an ultra-conservative town
where property prices have gone through the roof thanks to wealthy second-home
owners from London all clamouring for their own piece of seaside playground, and
normal people can no longer get a look in. Aldeburgh, despite being undeniably
lovely to look at, featured in the recent book ‘Crap Towns’ Volume One, thanks
largely to the people who own the town and deign to occasionally live there.