Sergison Drinking Trough
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Location
| Street: | South Street |
| Town: | Cuckfield |
| Parish: | Cuckfield |
| Council: | Mid Sussex District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH17 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Side of the road at junction of South Street and Okenden Lane. |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 71 |
| Grid reference: | N3/N4 |
| 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: | TQ3024 |
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Makers
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Editha Elma Sergison, Lady Glanusk (sister) |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Cuckfield Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | Rectangular basin set on piers which incorporate two carriage curbing stones. On top of the trough is an ogee-headed drinking fountain. The trough is planted with flowers. |
| Inscription: | IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN C.W. SERGISON. SCOTS GUARDS. AND MICHAEL DELAVAL SERGISON ERECTED BY THEIR SISTER LADY GLANUSK. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional, Free Standing, Commemorative, Roadside / Wayside |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Trough |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole structure |
| Material: | Grey granite |
| Height (cm): | 115 |
| Width (cm): | 218 |
| Depth (cm): | 75 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| More details: | Inscription very weather worn. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
| More details: | Cup and water spout missing. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/01/2008 |
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History
| History: | Captain Charles Warden Sergison (25 November 1867, London - 20 January 1911, Cuckfield). Michael Delavel Sergison (1873, Cuckfield - 1888, Eton College). Editha Elma Sergison (1871, Cuckfield - 19 April 1938). She married Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk, son of Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk, on 6 August 1890. All three were children of Major Warden Sergison (13 July 1835 - 16 July 1888).
The site of the trough used to be occupied by the village stocks and the area is still know as 'The Stocks' by older inhabitants. Captain Sergison, retiring after fifteen years in the army, was made a J.P. and Chairman of the Cuckfield Urban District Council. He settled in the new Slaugham Place in 1902 and leased Cuckfield Park to Mr. Louis Breitmeyer, a benefactor to the village. Editha was the first Sergison ever to be married in the village. ('A Chronicle of Cuckfield') At an Urban District Council meeting on 8 June 1917 it was decided to turn the water on at the Sergison drinking trough and to supply a white enamel mug and chain. Interestingly when in 1897 there was a debate as to how best to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the idea of a drinking trough had been generally ridiculed with comments from Major Moberly that drinking troughs were only ever used by tramps and that they were not welcome in the village. Captain Sergison happened to be the Chairman at that meeting. ('A Small Town At War: 1917 in Mid Sussex') |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'A Chronicle of Cuckfield' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Wright, Maisie. |
| Edition: | 1991 |
| Publisher: | Mid Sussex Local History Group & the Cuckfield Museum Trust. |
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| Title: | 'A Small Town At War: 1917 in Mid Sussex' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Miller, Alan. |
| Publisher: | Cuckfield Parish Council. Cuckfield. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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