Village pump
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Location
| Street: | Church Street |
| Town: | Hartfield |
| Parish: | Hartfield |
| Council: | Wealden District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | None |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Opposite The Anchor Inn and next to The Millennium Garden |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 13 |
| Grid reference: | J8 |
| 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: | TQ4635 |
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General Information
| Construction period: | 1831 |
| Installation date: | 1831 |
| Unveiling date: | 1831 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Wealden District Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | An obelisk like pump with rectangular base and canted head with coping. Fielded panels. Stone plinth and Flemish bond gault brick dwarf wall surround. Padlocked handle as mechanism still functions. |
| Signatures: | Raised letters on all sides, painted silver on the two visible:
HILL 1831 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional, Free Standing, Roadside / Wayside |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Pump |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Pump |
| Material: | Cast iron |
| Height (cm): | 170 |
| Width (cm): | 58 |
| Depth (cm): | 58 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 22/02/2008 |
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History
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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