LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- A sculpture of a giant white horse taller than the Statue of Liberty is set to tower over the countryside as part of an unusual scheme to help revive the fortunes of a depressed region of England . The 50-meter high horse will dominate the landscape around Ebbsfleet . The 50-meter equine artwork was Tuesday announced as the winner of a competition to design a landmark to dominate the skyline of the Ebbsfleet Valley , set to be a new stop on the Eurostar London-to-Paris rail link . Designed by artist Mark Wallinger -- whose previous work has included dressing in a bear suit and wandering around a gallery in Berlin -- the £2 million ( $ 3 million ) horse will be one of the largest artworks in the UK . Wallinger 's horse -- which echoes ancient white horse symbols carved into hillsides around Britain -- beat a shortlist of designs that included a tower of stacked cubes and giant steel nest . Victoria Pomery , head of the panel that selected the design , described the 33-times normal size horse as `` outstanding . '' `` Mark is a superb artist of world renown and his sculpture will become a real landmark for Ebbsfleet Valley and the whole region , '' she said . It drew a less favorable response from readers of local Web site Kentnews.com , who described it as a `` waste of money , '' an `` abomination '' and `` depressing . '' One correspondent , Andy Smith , added : `` This horse looks extremely silly . ''
Giant horse announced as winner of competition to design new landmark . Equine artwork is brainchild of conceptual artist Mark Wallinger . Design 's selectors describe sculpture as `` outstanding , '' critics say it 's `` silly ''