Ruskin Drinking Fountain
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Location
| Street: | The Street |
| Town: | Fulking |
| Parish: | Fulking |
| Council: | Mid Sussex District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN5 |
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| Location note: | North side, set into the wall opposite Laurel House |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 132 |
| Grid reference: | B3 |
| 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. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ2411 |
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General Information
| Construction period: | c 1886 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Fulking Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | Comprises central pointed brick arch with tap and metal rose for fountain above. Above is a pointed arched tiled surround with lettering ''To the glory of God'' and vestiges of waterlily tiles, the remainder replaced with plain brown tiles with glazed lettering. This is flanked by chamfered brick piers with stone heads and carved stone spandrels and further piers at side enclose stone seats. On either side are stone retaining walls, ramped up in the centre with brick dressings. |
| Signatures: | Raised letters on cast iron plate inside alcove:
C.A. WELLS ENGINEER LEWES |
| Inscription: | TO THE GLORY OF GOD Underneath is a glazed pictorial depiction of Spring flowers, followed by further tiles with a quotation from Psalm 78: AND • IN • HONOUR • OF • JOHN • RUSKIN PSALM LXXVIII That they might set their hope in God and not forget But keep his Commandments Who brought Streams also out of the rock Inscribed stone plaque on wall to left of fountain: THE FOUNTAIN Built c 1886 – restored 1995 In memory of Bill Purkiss Chairman of Fulking Parish Council 1960 – 1985 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Commemorative, Architectural, Functional |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Fountain |
| Subject type1: | Pictorial |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Plaque |
| Material: | Glazed ceramic tiles |
| Height (cm): | 100 |
| Width (cm): | 130 |
| Part 2: | Whole structure |
| Material: | Brick, stone and ceramic tile |
| Height (cm): | 260 |
| Width (cm): | 270 |
| Depth (cm): | 77 |
| Part 3: | Alcove |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 85 |
| Width (cm): | 59 |
| Depth (cm): | 30 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| Condition 2: | Biological growth |
| Condition 3: | Surface spalling, crumbling |
| More details: | Biological growth to brickwork. Upper stone section crumbling and weather worn. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
| Condition 2: | Loose elements |
| Condition 3: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Stonework above granite seats cracked. Cast iron plate in recess heavily rusted and cracked down centre. Stones at centre of base badly cracked. Cast iron grid badly broken. Not operational. The structure was restored in 1995. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 11/12/2007 |
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History
| History: | Ruskin had friends in the village and was instrumental in getting the village a water supply. |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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