Toat Monument
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Location
Street: | Black Gate Lane |
Town: | Pulborough / Toat |
Parish: | Pulborough |
Council: | Horsham District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | RH20 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Other |
Access is: | Private |
Location note: | Visible from public footpath leading to Toatwood Farm |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 64 |
Grid reference: | A9 |
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: | TQ050216 |
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Makers
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General Information
Commissioned by: | Samuel Drinkwater |
Construction period: | 1827 |
Installation date: | 1827 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Toat House |
Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
Description: | A four storey, castellated six-sided tower built of ashlar. |
Inscription: | |
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Classification
Categories: | Free Standing, Commemorative, Architectural |
Object type1: | Building |
Object subtype1: | Tower |
Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Tower |
Material: | Ashlar stone |
Height (cm): | 1220 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Date of on-site inspection: | 26/08/2008 |
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History
History: | The tower was erected by Samuel Drinkwater. Although there are conflicting stories as to the reason for it’s construction, it is believed to be a memorial to Samuel Drinkald, a London tea merchant, who died on that spot following a fall from his horse. |
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | 'Curiosities of West Sussex: A County Guide to the Unusual' |
Type: | Book |
Author: | Arscott, David. |
Page: | 40 |
Publisher: | S.B. Publications. Market Drayton. |
Source 2 : | |
Title: | 'Dead & Buried in Sussex' |
Type: | Book |
Author: | Arscott, David. |
Page: | 30 |
Publisher: | S.B. Publications. Seaford.. |
Further information: | |
#http://www.follytowers.com/toat.html# | |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | |
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