EAST AYTON, North Riding

​The Magician's Coat                                            SE  989 849

   

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Sadly, the wooden sculpture is no longer outside the dentist at East Ayton.

It was made out of an ash tree by Colin Wilbourn in 1996 who also made up a story for the children of the school opposite. A travelling magician, allegedly, left his coat and hat on a tree in gratitude to the dentist. It grew overnight to form a Caduceus, thought to be the symbol of healing. There is a snake mistake on the stake however; the Rod of Asclepius is actually the symbol of healing and only has one snake.

For other tree sculptures by Colin Wilbourn see:

Durham, DURHAM, The Upper Room  
Suffolk, LONG MELFORD, The Tower of Babel 
West Riding, HUDDERSFIELD, Greenhead Park
​West Riding, KNARESBOROUGH, Henshaws
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Village Pound                                                        ​SE 991 448