Drummond drinking fountain and cattle trough
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Location
| Street: | High Street |
| Town: | Steyning |
| Parish: | Steyning |
| Council: | Horsham District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN44 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Next to the Springwells Hotel |
| Page: | 130 |
| Grid reference: | A3 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Captain R.B. Drummond |
| Construction period: | c 1900 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Steyning Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | A large cattle trough and stone drinking fountain of the London type. at the roadside. The trough is filled with plants. |
| Inscription: | IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN DRUMMOND M.V.O. & HIS DAUGHTER EVIE FRIENDS TO ANIMALS Carved into the stone on south west side of trough: METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION 10 VICTORIA STREET LONDON S.W. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Functional, Free Standing, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Trough |
| Object type2: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Trough |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole structure |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 120 |
| Width (cm): | 310 |
| Depth (cm): | 66 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
| More details: | Top of tap missing above the bowl. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 11/12/2007 |
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History
| History: | Captain R B Drummond MVO was Chief Constable of Horsham, between September 1879 and July 1912 - from 11th April 1889 in the Barttelott Road Horsham Police Station which was the West Sussex Headquarters. The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association was set up in 1859 by Samuel Gurney M.P. He was thought to be inspired by public comment on the state of the Thames and the lack of drinking water available. Originally known as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it only began to cater for animals in the years that followed. In 1867 'cattle troughs' had been added to the name and it had 140 fountains and 153 cattle troughs. These were mainly in the London area although projects as far north as Dundee are still in evidence. The association also carries out work overseas and to this date has created 40 wells.
(http://www.hiddenhorsham.co.uk/40/40.htm) See also Horsham trough. |
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References
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Photographs
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