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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