Drinking fountain
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Location
Street: | London Road |
Town: | Hurst Green |
Parish: | Hurst Green |
Council: | Rother District Council |
County: | East Sussex |
Postcode: | TN19 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Next to the Old Court House at the junction with Station Road |
In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
Page: | 43 |
Grid reference: | H7 |
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
Commissioned by: | William Orme Carter J.P. |
Construction period: | 1901 |
Unveiling date: | 05/1901 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Rother District Council |
Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
Description: | Pink grannite drinking fountain with rectangular back surmounted by an ogival stone top with ball cap at apex. There is a carved, black painted inscription to the front. |
Inscription: | PRESENTED BY WILLIAM ORME CARTER, ESQRE. J.P. OF THE LODGE, HURST GREEN, SUSSEX. MAY - 1901 |
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Classification
Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Functional, Free Standing, Commemorative |
Object type1: | Fountain |
Object subtype1: | Drinking Fountain |
Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Drinking fountain |
Material: | Pink granite |
Height (cm): | 225 |
Width (cm): | 90 |
Depth (cm): | 60 |
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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: | Surface spalling, crumbling |
More details: | Some weather-wearing and small chips to the edges. |
Condition 2 of type: | Structural |
Condition 1: | Broken or missing parts |
More details: | Cup and tap handle missing |
Date of on-site inspection: | 17/09/2008 |
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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 | |
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