Village pump
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Location
| Street: | The Green |
| Town: | Newick |
| Parish: | Newick |
| Council: | Lewes District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN8 |
| Location on Google Map | |
| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Next to the Newick village sign, opposite The Bull public house. |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 71 |
| Grid reference: | K1 |
| 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: | TQ 4121 |
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Makers
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Richard Fuller (local plumber) |
| Construction period: | 1897 |
| Installation date: | 1897 |
| Unveiling date: | 20/06/1897 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Newick Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | Faces north west on grassed area at the side of the road. Erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Stone obelisk with acroteria-like top and trough. The spout is of patinated iron and has the form of a lion's head. The handle has the form of its tail. |
| Inscription: | V.R. Top of pump, NE face, small oval inset metal plaque: 1837 Top of pump, SW face, small oval inset metal plaque: 1897 NW face, underneath oval plaque, octagonal metal plaque with raised letters: NOTICE. THIS PUMP MUST NOT BE USED FOR FILLING STEAM ENGINES ANY PERSON FOUND DAMAGING THIS PUMP WILL BE PROSECUTED Raised metal crown underneath followed by a second octagonal metal plaque with raised letters: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWICK, TO COMMEMORATE THE HAPPY COMPLETION BY QUEEN VICTORIA - THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD – OF THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF HER GOOD AND GLORIOUS REIGN. JUNE 20TH 1897 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional, Free Standing, Composite, Commemorative, Animal, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Trough |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Head |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Trough |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 40 |
| Width (cm): | 90 |
| Depth (cm): | 57 |
| Part 2: | Outflow stone |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 50 |
| Width (cm): | 30 |
| Depth (cm): | 56 |
| Part 3: | Pump |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 223 |
| Width (cm): | 75 |
| Depth (cm): | 107 |
| Part 4: | Stepped (3) base |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 30 |
| Width (cm): | 260 |
| Depth (cm): | 260 |
| Part 5: | Lion's head |
| Material: | Iron, coloured green / blue |
| Height (cm): | 25 |
| Width (cm): | 25 |
| Depth (cm): | 28 |
| Part 6: | Handle |
| Material: | Iron, coloured green / blue |
| Height (cm): | 100 |
| Width (cm): | 10 |
| Depth (cm): | 60 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Biological growth |
| Condition 2: | Metallic staining |
| More details: | Biological growth. Metallic staining under all metal elements. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
| Condition 2: | Replaced parts |
| Condition 3: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| Condition 4: | Water collection |
| More details: | Small chips to the water trough at the edges with generalised water erosion. Outflow has an old break that has visibly been repaired. Some small chips to the corners of the base of the pump. Handle is functional although no water flow. Top of pump, SE face, small oval inset metal plaque appears to be missing. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 21/12/2007 |
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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 |
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