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Village pump

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Author: Anthony McIntosh
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Location

Street:Church Street
Town:Hartfield
Parish:Hartfield
Council:Wealden District Council
County:East Sussex
Postcode:None
Location on Google Map
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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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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