Village pump
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Location
| Street: | The Street |
| Town: | South Harting |
| Parish: | Harting |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU31 |
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| Object setting: | Outside building |
| and in: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | In front of the South Harting Church of England Primary School |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 78 |
| Grid reference: | A4 |
| 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. | |
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Makers
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General Information
| Construction period: | 1887 |
| Installation date: | 1887 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | South Harting Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Description: | Faces north-west onto the road. Square stone housing with pyramidal cap with finial. Iron handle and tap with trough below. Inscribed plaques to front and back and also set into the wall behind the pump. |
| Inscription: | + ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF HARTING IN MEMORY OF THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA 1887 Small bronze plaque affixed to the back of the pump: THE FRIENDS OF MRS. FLORENCE FRISBY RENEWED THE SEAT AND RENOVATED THE PUMP AS PART OF THE MEMORIAL TO HER LIFE AND WORK IN HARTING 1963 Long, carved stone plaque set into the back wall behind the bench: IN MEMORY OF MRS FLORENCE FRISBY 1963 Rectangular, carved stone plaque set into the back wall behind the bench: This Well was sunk and the Pump erected by the Committee of the Harting School on the Property of the School in the Year 1865 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Composite, Commemorative, Functional |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Pump |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Pump |
| Material: | Stone and cast iron |
| Height (cm): | 220 |
| Width (cm): | 45 |
| Depth (cm): | 45 |
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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 |
| Condition 4: | Previous treatments |
| More details: | Cracks and old repairs around the handle. The granite plaque at the front of the pump appears to have been damaged by previous biological growth, possibly ivy. |
| Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
| More details: | Tip of conical top broken off |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 02/04/2008 |
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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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