Conduit house
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Location
| Street: | The Street |
| Town: | Fulking |
| Parish: | Fulking |
| Council: | Mid Sussex District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN5 |
| Location on Google Map | |
| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Location note: | Next to the Shepherd and Dog public 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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Makers
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General Information
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Fulking Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | Small red brick building with a curved pyramidical roof of fishscale tiles with terra cotta finial. Pointed doorway with elaborate iron hinges to the door. The east face holds a glazed terracotta inscription from Psalm 104 set into the brickwork. The structure sits at the edge of a fast running stream. |
| Inscription: | HE SENDETH SPRINGS INTO THE VALLEYS WHICH RUN AMONG THE HILLS OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Architectural |
| Object type1: | Building |
| Object subtype1: | Other |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole structure |
| Material: | Brick, slate and ceramic tiles |
| Height (cm): | 430 |
| Width (cm): | 190 |
| Depth (cm): | 190 |
| Part 2: | Plaque |
| Material: | Ceramic tiles |
| Height (cm): | 88 |
| Width (cm): | 142 |
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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: | Abrasions, cracks, splits |
| Condition 3: | Biological growth |
| More details: | Biological growth to roof and base. Ceramic tiles pitted and broken but verse completely intact. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Base is cracked and crumbling. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 11/12/2007 |
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History
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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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