Drinking fountain and trough
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Location
| Street: | Lewes Road |
| Town: | Brighton |
| Parish: | Brighton |
| Council: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN2 |
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| Object setting: | Garden |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Extra-Mural Cemetery, in front of the Ray mausoleum & the old Anglican Chapel |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 132 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| 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: | TQ3205 |
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Makers
| Name : | Amon Henry Wilds |
| Role: | Designer |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Brighton Extra Mural Company |
| Construction period: | 1851 |
| Installation date: | 1851 |
| Unveiling date: | 14/08/1851 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| Description: | Faces west. Large upright stone drinking fountain resembling a gravestone, with floral motif above pink granite bowl. The bowl sits in a recessed arch. There are inset columns at each side of the fountain. The whole upright structure is topped with a further floral motif set in a semi-circular recess. To the back of the fountain is a large rectangular trough. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional, Free Standing, Composite |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Trough |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Fountain |
| Material: | Stone with pink granite bowl |
| Height (cm): | 240 |
| Width (cm): | 100 |
| Depth (cm): | 30 |
| Part 2: | trough |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 62 |
| Width (cm): | 95 |
| Depth (cm): | 140 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
| More details: | Several large chips from north west corner. Cup lost. Non-functioning. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 01/05/2008 |
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History
| History: | The fountain was erected to provide drinking water for mourners and visitors to the cemetery. The company who erected the fountain employed AH Wilds and it is possible that Wilds was the designer. The cemetery was consecrated on 14 November 1857 by the then Bishop of Chichester, Dr. A.T. Gilbert
The Extra-Mural Cemetery covers land formerly the open arable field of Scabe's Castle, a late-eighteenth-century farm with buildings in Hartington Road. These were demolished in the 1900s when Hartington Place and Hartington Terrace were developed. The Extra-Mural cemetery is the oldest of the three cemeteries on the land. It was originally a private burial ground, laid out on 28 acres in 1850 by the Brighton Extra-Mural Company, 6 acres being the gift of the Marquess of Bristol. The entrance was a castellated gateway with a round tower in Lewes Road, and there were two mortuary chapels designed by A.H.Wilds of which only the Anglican chapel remains. The cemetery was a favourite resort in the nineteenth century and even had a guide book published, but in 1956 the now redundant cemetery was purchased by the corporation and restored as an interesting and picturesque garden of remembrance which contains many impressive Victorian tombs, including those of several important figures in Brighton's history. In the driveway is the borough mortuary which opened in August 1962 and has between 600 and 700 admissions a year. (Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder). The Woodvale Cemetery was opened in 1857. The Woodvale crematorium and chapels are located in this cemetery. The burial ground is Grade II listed and until 1902 was known as the Brighton 'Parochial' cemetery. (Brighton and Hove City Council) |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'Brighton Cemeteries' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Dale, Antony. |
| Edition: | 1995 Reprint |
| Publisher: | Brighton Borough Council. Brighton. |
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| Title: | 'Encyclopaedia OF Brighton' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Carder, Timothy |
| Publisher: | East Sussex County Libraries. Lewes. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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