Osborn drinking fountain
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Location
Street: | West Street |
Town: | Bognor Regis |
Parish: | Bognor Regis |
Council: | Arun District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | PO21 |
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Object setting: | On building |
and in: | Road or Wayside |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Set into the wall at the side of the Methodist Church |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 181 |
Grid reference: | L1 |
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
Company/Group : | Tagnon, Gray's Inn Road, London |
Role: | Builder |
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General Information
Construction period: | 1886 |
Installation date: | 1886 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Bognor Regis Town Council |
Description: | White marble drinking fountain set into a brick wall. Arched central panel with commemorative inscription and pictorial relief of lilies. Scrolls to each side of the central panel. White marble bowl underneath central panel. |
Signatures: | Signature to bottom right, at the side of the bowl:
TAGNON GRAY’S INN RD. LONDON |
Inscription: | ERECTED BY THE FRIENDLEY SOCIETIES OF BOGNOR TO THEIR LATE DOCTOR CHARLES OSBORN ESQ. M.D. 1886 |
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Classification
Categories: | Functional, Commemorative, Roadside / Wayside |
Object type1: | Fountain |
Object subtype1: | Drinking Fountain |
Subject type1: | Pictorial |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Fountain |
Material: | White marble |
Height (cm): | 108 |
Width (cm): | 78 |
Depth (cm): | 40 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
Condition 1: | Replaced parts |
More details: | Original tap has been replaced with a modern one but fountain is no longer functioning. |
Date of on-site inspection: | 29/05/2008 |
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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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